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#101
The only scenario wherein Craig Wright could actually be Satoshi is if Satoshi had burned his bridges -- in the process of abandoning the Satoshi identity, he had deleted all cryptographic evidence of the identity; all private keys and credentials for online accounts.

In that case, if he later (now) decided to assert the identity, then he might be tempted to cobble together fake proof to get his foot in the door far enough that he could begin to assert various forms of social proof with people that he had interacted with while using the Satoshi identity.

It's worth noting that the "scorched earth" elimination of the Satoshi identity is another possible theory as to why nobody has credibly claimed the identity -- because even the individual (or group) that assumed the identity no longer has the ability to cryptographically assert that identity.

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#102
post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No one is discrediting him because he isn't good at coding or "just an average geek" People are skeptical because this isn't the first time he claimed to be Satoshi [1], and that time he did it by back-dating posts. This time he did it with a demonstrably fake signing of Sartre text. Why would the real Satoshi go to great lengths to create fake evidence?

Okay, I'll bite. He is the creator of Bitcoin but supplies terrible evidence of him being the creator to throw everyone off the scent :-) Maybe.

It's not "terrible evidence"

It was lengthy, time-consuming, very clearly fabricated evidence.

He claimed he had private keys tied to Satoshi, but refused to sign anything with it (which would have taken 30 seconds).

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#103
As I said on the other related thread[1]: Given his history as a prolific liar, I find his post to be utter bullshit. Note how he's still lying about things he was caught at: "When the rumours began, my qualifications and character were attacked. When those allegations were proven false". NO - it was established (with confirmation from the schools in question) that he lied about having a PhD from Charles Stuart U. and he definitely does not possess 8 masters degrees. Not to mention other lies about having super computers and partnership with SGI to build more with fake reference letter (all clarified by company as false), etc.

Now, because he knows he can't successfully claim Satoshi's identity and in light of possible charges based on ongoing police investigation (fraudulent use of tax credits), he wants to dramatically disappear. I hope the authorities have his passport(s). His thirst for fame is unreal.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11635471

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post #72

Just to save anybody else the effort of pulling times from the jpg: 20160503T16:00:03Z First Internet Archive snapshot of extraordinary proof post [0] 20160505T10:57:08Z homepage.jpg created [1] 20160505T11:13:52Z homepage.jpg saved 20160505T11:35:21Z homepage.jpg saved 20160505T12:11:46Z First Internet Archive snapshot reflecting change [2] 20160505T13:30:26Z Image replaced with text [3] 20160505T13:52:40Z homepage.…

Is this a log from some command line tool? If yes, what is it?

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#107
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post #67

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There are only challenges if he doesn't have the key. If he has the key he should trivially be able to sign anything with it or decrypt anything encrypted to it.

Is there a reason he hasn't or won't spend some on the original bitcoins to prove his claim? I don't think spend isn't the proper technical term.

The reason is that he's "too weak", supposedly. The real reason is that he isn't Satoshi.

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#108
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post #63

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I had not cared that much about this, but his actions are exactly what I would have expected from bitcoin's creator. There are some guys who simply do not want to be found. The guy who created Bitcoin is one of them. Making things develop like this simultaneously repairs much of the damage to his anonymity while minimizing the damage to the two guys who put their reputations on the line for him. By acting the way tha…

So you expected the real Satoshi to keep his anonymity by announcing his identity to the world and then backing up the announcement with "proof" that is clearly false?

This. And the way he did it. Why would he run to GQ and BBC instead of simply posting online, as with previous communication.

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#109
post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"This is an enigmatic exit, complete with him still tacitly claiming to be Satoshi. Quite pathetic." Agreed. "I won't prove that I'm Satoshi anymore, but I am". It's getting more and more like religion -- we don't get to know for sure, we have to believe now.. And I'm sure a herd of idiots will do just that.

We are supposed to care about privacy, yet people can't stop trying to find out who is the creator of bitcoins, even though this person clearly doesn't want that to be known. I think we are all naturally hypocritical beings or something.

Are people actively trying to find the creator of bitcoin? Personally I don't care enough to actively find out. If someone presented themselves, then I'll have a passing interest - a few articles, HN comments, etc., but I'm not going to change my day-to-day at all.

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post #106
post #72

Just to save anybody else the effort of pulling times from the jpg: 20160503T16:00:03Z First Internet Archive snapshot of extraordinary proof post [0] 20160505T10:57:08Z homepage.jpg created [1] 20160505T11:13:52Z homepage.jpg saved 20160505T11:35:21Z homepage.jpg saved 20160505T12:11:46Z First Internet Archive snapshot reflecting change [2] 20160505T13:30:26Z Image replaced with text [3] 20160505T13:52:40Z homepage.…

Is this a log from some command line tool? If yes, what is it?

Sorry, no - everything I touch looks like it came from a TUI... BSD King Midas.
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