According to external sources, Chief Executive Officer Adam Back of Blockstream recently stated in X that there was no evidence to support the outside world ' s determination as to whether or not he had died, and that it was still speculation. This discussion does not come out of isolation, but is entangled in the Bitcoin community debate over BIP-110.

Last public contact in 2011

According to publicly available information, on April 23, 2011, Chung sent a last known e-mail to Mike Hearn, an early developer, stating that he “has turned to other things” and saying that the Bitcoin project “is in reliable hands”. Since then, the voice of Nakamoto has not been heard in public.

As a result of its long absence and the fact that the bitcoin address, which had earlier been considered relevant to China, had not been clearly transferred out of the record, speculation about its identity, destination and currency holding status continued for many years.

Adam Back responded to the comment that "Chong Jin has died"

This discussion originated from a letter sent by an X user stating that if China is alive, it might support BIP-110. Adam Back objected and asked why the other side had concluded that Chung had died.

He then stated that his death was “not impossible, but there was no evidence” and that it was pure speculation, whether alive or dead. According to the article, this response does not provide new evidence, but again demonstrates the cautious attitude of the Bitcoin core to the allegations.

BIP-110

BIP-110 is one of the more controversial proposals of the Bitcoin community recently. The proposal proposes to temporarily restrict the inclusion of non-financial data on the Bitcoin block chain, thus creating differences between developers, miners and community participants.

It was reported that the proposal faced time nodes in early August, but the level of support for miners remains low. Differences around the proposal itself also allowed such discussions to warm up once again “which side he would support if he was still alive”.

At present, speculations about the status of Sino-Bakun continue. Adam Back has also been listed as one of the potential candidates for his early involvement in Bitcoin-related communications, as well as for his Hashcash Workload Certification System introduced in 1997. However, the public information has not yet provided a definitive answer.