[celtoid]

Len's connection to Hal Finney, the first recipient of a Bitcoin transaction and a hell of a cryptographer in his own right, is quite the breadcrumb.

[meowface]

It's absolutely a breadcrumb, but if you follow the crumbs you'll realize it likely is neither Sassaman nor Finney.

[celtoid]

Sassaman was probably Satoshi. He and Finney worked together at PGP.