Is there an email from Jeffrey Epstein to Ghislaine Maxwell in the released Epstein files that talks about project "Bitcoin" and "our little digital gold mine"? No, that's not true: A search of the released files does not bring up anything with the phrase from a viral image in it. However, there are several real documents that do mention Satoshi Nakamoto, the founder of Bitcoin.
The image of the purported email appeared in a post on X (archived here) on Feb. 1, 2026, with the question:
Is this true?
The image in the post looked like this:
(Image source: post by @TedPillows on X.com.)
The text in the image read:
Date: October 31, 2008
Subject: RE: Project 'Bitcoin' Funding & Whitepaper
To: RE: Project 'Bitcoin' Funding & Whitepaper
From: J. Epstein <[email protected]>
To: G. Maxwell <[email protected]>
Hi Bine,
Ghislaine, the 'Satoshi' pseudonym is working perfectly.
Our little digital gold mine is ready for the world.
Funding secured.
-Jeffrey
The image clearly isn't a real email: It has two "To:" lines, one of which is identical to the "Subject:" line.
A search of the Epstein files via the website of the Department of Justice does show several files containing the name "Satoshi" (archived here).
(Image source: screenshot of results at https://www.justice.gov/epstein/search)
However, searches for the phrase "little digital gold mine" or the email address "[email protected]" showed no results:
(Image source: screenshot of results at https://www.justice.gov/epstein/search)
(Image source: screenshot of results at https://www.justice.gov/epstein/search)
