Len Sassaman and Satoshi: A cypherpunk history

#1

Post by anonporridge » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 12:01 AM UTC

Len Sassaman and Satoshi: A cypherpunk history
evanhatch.medium.com

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi: A cypherpunk history

#2

Post by mgarfias » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 1:52 AM UTC

Blast from the past. Worked with him at PGP in 2000. I’m not convinced he was satoshi. But it wouldn’t surprise me if he really was.

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi: A cypherpunk history

#3

Post by sneak » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 1:54 AM UTC

While I didn't know Len, I've talked to a fair number of people who knew him well (including the person who put that ascii art portrait of him into the blockchain), and none of them have expressed strong agreement with this theory.

All we know for sure about Satoshi is that s/he isn't Craig Wright.

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi: A cypherpunk history

#4

Post by ttul » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 2:03 AM UTC

Has anyone done a rigorous analysis of his writing style to find a human match?

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi: A cypherpunk history

#5

Post by 0des » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 2:07 AM UTC

sneak wrote: post #3

While I didn't know Len, I've talked to a fair number of people who knew him well (including the person who put that ascii art portrait of him into the blockchain), and none of them have expressed strong agreement with this theory. All we know for sure about Satoshi is that s/he isn't Craig Wright.

I would highly encourage the article 'The Satoshi Affair' by London Review of Books about the person known as Satoshi Nakamoto and the person who claims to be them. It's a long one, but worth it.

[0] - https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v38/n13/andrew-o-hagan/the-s...

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi: A cypherpunk history

#6

Post by Proven » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 2:09 AM UTC

Al Gore?

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi: A cypherpunk history

#7

Post by rssoconnor » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 2:18 AM UTC

Len wasn't going to go around writing Windows software.

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi: A cypherpunk history

#8

Post by josu » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 2:24 AM UTC

This is the response from Len's widow, Meredith, the last time a similar article was posted.

"It's a very well-researched and respectful article, but to the best of my knowledge, Len was not Satoshi. Worth reading for the history and the conclusions about mental health, though."

https://twitter.com/maradydd/status/1364325186372304904?t=yY...

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi: A cypherpunk history

#9

Post by brighton36 » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 2:25 AM UTC

Does anyone want to write a 'Satoshi Nakamoto : Eugene Leitl'?

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi: A cypherpunk history

#10

Post by paulpauper » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 2:29 AM UTC

The linguistic analysis does not hold water. Len was born in PA. He would not start using British language patterns like that. but rather retain native tongue.