> Finney invented the concept of Reusable Proofs of Work which Bitcoin’s mining is based on.
I had no idea someone else was involved in such a fundamental part of Bitcoin. Great article.
Len Sassaman and Satoshi: A cypherpunk history
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#12In my opinion Satoshi Nakamoto is not a pseudonym at all. Don't underestimate weaponized autism.
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#13"I hesitate to speculate about Satoshi’s identity"
speculates with pages upon pages of satoshi's identity.
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#15The 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.
The article addresses that: he did in fact use British language patterns e.g. in his tweets.
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#16"I hesitate to speculate about Satoshi’s identity" speculates with pages upon pages of satoshi's identity.
And yet, he may have literally hesitated before doing so :)
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#17> Finney invented the concept of Reusable Proofs of Work which Bitcoin’s mining is based on. I had no idea someone else was involved in such a fundamental part of Bitcoin. Great article.
Many pieces to the puzzle. https://twitter.com/documentingbtc/status/141128190354668339...
Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi: A cypherpunk history
#18Nitpicking but it's annoying - Why does this post insist on using the singular 'they/their' (in reference to Satoshi) when the normal 'he/his' would suffice and read much more clearly?
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#19> Finney invented the concept of Reusable Proofs of Work which Bitcoin’s mining is based on. I had no idea someone else was involved in such a fundamental part of Bitcoin. Great article.
Hal, Wei Dai, Nick Szabo, Adam Back, all key contributors that did prior work in the space.
Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi: A cypherpunk history
#20Nitpicking but it's annoying - Why does this post insist on using the singular 'they/their' (in reference to Satoshi) when the normal 'he/his' would suffice and read much more clearly?
Because Satoshi's identity and whether or not they were a singular individual or a group of individuals is unknown. It is entirely acceptable, and more often than not probabilistically and politically correct, to use they/them here.
I doubt anyone would be upset at people using he/him when referring to Satoshi, but also along those same lines, it seems strange to be upset at they/them usage for an unknown entity.