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Craig Steven Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto

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Re: Craig Steven Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto

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Post by petertodd »

zymhan wrote: post #225
petertodd wrote: post #176

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Note that the genesis block is block _#0_, not block #1 When Bitcoin was publicly released, only the genesis block existed, so every block after that point could have been mined by anyone.

Block #0 has a timestamp of 2009-01-03 18:15:05 Block #1 has a timestamp of 2009-01-09 02:54:25 So, does this mean there were 6 days separating the first block in the chain and the first block to be mined? https://blockchain.info/block/000000000019d6689c085ae165831e... https://blockchain.info/block/00000000839a8e6886ab5951d76f41...

Yes!

Since the genesis block is hardcoded in the software, what likely happened is Satoshi generated it in advance, added it to the code, and then did a few more days of final testing prior to release. Block #1 on the other hand was mined after the initial announcement on the cryptography mailing list: http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2009-January/... (about seven or eight hours after if I got my timezone conversions correct)

Re: Craig Steven Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto

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Post by bitmapbrother »

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't Craig Wright initiating a Bitcoin transaction from Satoshi's wallet to a retailer, of a reporter's choosing, be all the proof you would need to validate his claims? If he has access to Satoshi's wallet then that's all the proof he needs.

Re: Craig Steven Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto

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Post by exolymph »

cookiecaper wrote: post #199
dataker wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's an interesting position. The question is: why creating this hoax in the first place? If anything, the price of bitcoin has been negatively impacted by this. http://www.coindesk.com/price/ What would it be one's motivation behind this?

Let me put forth an alternate theory. Everyone is suggesting this is a scam for more money, which is undoubtedly the most likely explanation. However, I think an alternate explanation is that this may be a larger ploy to try to bait the real Satoshi out of hiding. Get him to say "No, that guy's a poser, it's really me." and while he's out, say "Hey man, what do you think about the blocksize?" This could explain Gavin…

It's not literally impossible, but Occam's Razor slashes this theory to pieces.

Re: Craig Steven Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto

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Post by aab0 »

keithpeter wrote: post #158

>> In future, he explained, the blockchain could become so vast that it could keep track of every Visa transaction, every stock-exchange transaction, every bank transaction and much more. “We could even create an individual account for that tissue”, he said, pointing to a paper napkin on the table. Quote from OA. Would this not short circuit any form of privacy? Or would various agencies and individuals still have to…

> Would this not short circuit any form of privacy?

As far as I can tell, Wright wants to extend the blockchain considerably, adding opcodes to get Turing-complete functionality. Among other things, he's hinted at using ring signatures for tracking things, which would give one both secure control and anonymity. (I think Monero and its descendants may have stolen that thunder, though.)

Re: Craig Steven Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto

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Post by Andrew_Quentin »

petertodd wrote: post #231
zymhan wrote: post #225

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Block #0 has a timestamp of 2009-01-03 18:15:05 Block #1 has a timestamp of 2009-01-09 02:54:25 So, does this mean there were 6 days separating the first block in the chain and the first block to be mined? https://blockchain.info/block/000000000019d6689c085ae165831e... https://blockchain.info/block/00000000839a8e6886ab5951d76f41...

Yes! Since the genesis block is hardcoded in the software, what likely happened is Satoshi generated it in advance, added it to the code, and then did a few more days of final testing prior to release. Block #1 on the other hand was mined after the initial announcement on the cryptography mailing list: http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2009-January/... (about seven or eight hours after if I got my timezo…

So Wright is Hal Finney? Or, who else mined bitcoins seven or eight hours after it went live?

Re: Craig Steven Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto

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Post by martin1975 »

Satoshi can also log into bitcointalk.org where the real Satoshi communicated with the public for quite some time during and after the release of the bitcoin client. Can Wright log into it and post or is he gonna claim he forgot his password? Oh wait, a password can be reset. Oh no, he forgot his password to the email he registered on BitcoinTalk.org.. Damn... I guess we're SOL :).

Re: Craig Steven Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto

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Post by [deleted] »

mappum wrote: post #26

EDIT 2: Debunked! The signature in Wright's post is just pulled straight from a transaction on the blockchain. Convert the base64 signature from his post (MEUCIQDBKn1Uly8m0UyzETObUSL4wYdBfd4ejvtoQfVcNCIK4AIgZmMsXNQWHvo6KDd2Tu6euEl13VTC3ihl6XUlhcU+fM4=) to hex (3045022100c12a7d54972f26d14cb311339b5122f8c187417dde1e8efb6841f55c34220ae0022066632c5cd4161efa3a2837764eee9eb84975dd54c2de2865e9752585c53e7cce), and you get th…

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