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Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016)

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Re: Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016)

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Post by seoaeu »

robocat wrote: post #101
larsiusprime wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As best I can figure, America's land alone is worth somewhere between $22-44 trillion, and that's not including any of the buildings. (Manhattan's land alone is worth about $1.7 trillion according to my sources) https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/does-georgism-work-is-... So one multibillion dollar thumb drive is even less when spread out over everything in LA!

Does it even make sense to divorce the price of land from the buildings? Developed farmland also has a different value from virgin land, but the difference is ignored. Manhattan's land would not be worth 1.7T$ if it were just farmland. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-24/manhattan...

Of course you can approximate the price: For each plot of land you consider the value under the counterfactual where any buildings on it weren't there but all the neighborhood surroundings were unchanged. The sum across all the plots in the city is the total land price.

Re: Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016)

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Post by mgarfias »

BTCOG wrote: post #137
joseloyaio wrote: post #59

It's Nick Szabo. He uses his initials for his Pseudonyms (N.S) Nakamoto Satoshi = Bitcoin Nicolas Saberhagen = Monero

It was in fact, Len Sassaman. From anonymous remailers and his penchant for anonymously released work back in the mailing lists, to MojoNetwork with Bram. His British spelling, his time zone abroad when working in academia and posting online. His circle. Before he committed suicide due to his neurological issues and loss of passion for life, Satoshi last said “I’ve moved on to other things and probably won’t be aroun…

I worked with Len 20-something years ago at PGP. I don’t think it was him, but if it was I wouldn’t be THAT surprised.

He never stuck me as into $. But rather, into crypto.

Re: Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016)

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Post by bitshiftfaced »

mekster wrote: post #156
drawkbox wrote: post #39

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Nick Szabo has been potentially mentioned as Satoshi for sometime [1] due to him working on decentralized currencies since 1998 with Bit Gold [2]. Elon Musk mentioned Nick Szabo on Lex Fridman's podcast as Szabo was also doing Bit Gold prior and is heavy into crypto and currencies. [3] > "Obviously I don't know who created bitcoin ... it seems as though Nick Szabo is probably more than anyone else responsible for the…

Why would he suddenly develop his next project anonymously when he was public on Bit Gold? Was he so convinced that Bitcoin would be a killer app and thought he should hide since day 1?

Maybe it took the first failed project to realize that should the project succeed, there could be a financial incentive to kidnap/coerce/blackmail the founder.

Re: Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016)

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Post by bitshiftfaced »

Jonovono wrote: post #153
BTCOG wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was in fact, Len Sassaman. From anonymous remailers and his penchant for anonymously released work back in the mailing lists, to MojoNetwork with Bram. His British spelling, his time zone abroad when working in academia and posting online. His circle. Before he committed suicide due to his neurological issues and loss of passion for life, Satoshi last said “I’ve moved on to other things and probably won’t be aroun…

Why did he tweet this ? https://twitter.com/lensassaman/status/12213554224562176

Not saying this is evidence for or against it, but it shouldn't surprise anyone that someone who wants to stay anonymous would throw out red herrings.

Re: Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016)

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Post by mvkel »

robocat wrote: post #142
JetSetWilly wrote: post #114

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I don't understand why, when satoshi used UK english very consistently, including quite obscure references tucked away in source code etc, and was active in GMT compatible hours (more so than US hours!) - nonetheless every theory ignores all this and has him being American.

1. Satoshi has proven they had tight skills at keeping their identify secret. 2. If Satoshi were from the US, the easiest misdirection would be to pretend to be British. Learning the spelling and grammatical differences is not hard (or maybe test against a British spelling/grammar checker). Making sure you appear to be in a different timezone is basic operational security. 3. I would expect references to be intention…

Hanlon’s razor would disagree

Re: Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016)

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Post by vmception »

mersenne wrote: post #152
vmception wrote: post #35

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Exactly. Anybody that mined those earlier blocks on the weird unknown hardware was also able to mine on known hardware under another identity. so A) Satoshi has other earnings, in bitcoin, that was held long enough to make Satoshi extremely rich, and sold under their normal known identity. While never needing to associate with the other identity. B) The private keys to the bitcoin mined in those original blocks were…

> Anybody that mined those earlier blocks on the weird unknown hardware Which “weird unknown hardware”. Early in Bitcoin, you could just mine bitcoin with any CPU — you still can. A.) That’s a possibility. B.) As someone mentioned already, this doesn’t make sense from a trust and security standpoint. Yet discarding this possibility doesn’t prove that (A) is what really happened.

Satoshis first bitcoin blocks dont have a signature that matches known hardware. It doesnt matter if it was general processors like cpus or application specific integrated circuits.

Re: Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016)

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Post by deepakhj »

robocat wrote: post #101
larsiusprime wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As best I can figure, America's land alone is worth somewhere between $22-44 trillion, and that's not including any of the buildings. (Manhattan's land alone is worth about $1.7 trillion according to my sources) https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/does-georgism-work-is-... So one multibillion dollar thumb drive is even less when spread out over everything in LA!

Does it even make sense to divorce the price of land from the buildings? Developed farmland also has a different value from virgin land, but the difference is ignored. Manhattan's land would not be worth 1.7T$ if it were just farmland. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-24/manhattan...

https://www.rethinkeconomics.org/journal/its-the-land-stupid...

Re: Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016)

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Post by JetSetWilly »

robocat wrote: post #142
JetSetWilly wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand why, when satoshi used UK english very consistently, including quite obscure references tucked away in source code etc, and was active in GMT compatible hours (more so than US hours!) - nonetheless every theory ignores all this and has him being American.

1. Satoshi has proven they had tight skills at keeping their identify secret. 2. If Satoshi were from the US, the easiest misdirection would be to pretend to be British. Learning the spelling and grammatical differences is not hard (or maybe test against a British spelling/grammar checker). Making sure you appear to be in a different timezone is basic operational security. 3. I would expect references to be intention…

And presumably was getting up at 4am every day to bang out emails and code? Seems like there’s a simpler explanation.

Re: Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016)

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Post by JetSetWilly »

ashwagary wrote: post #155
mersenne wrote: post #146

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You sound like a person that wants to believe that Satoshi Nakamoto is/was American.

Many US immigrants studied under the British system before arriving here. More Asians and Africans studied/follow this standard than actual Brits. Nigerians, for example, follow this standard and they have 4 times the population of the UK.

He wasn’t just using British spelling, but British coloquialisms that are not taught abroad. And he clearly wrote at a “native” level.

And he was active - writing commits and emails - in UK hours, not American hours.

Is it some kind of US nationalism that insists on ignoring all this?

Re: Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016)

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Post by finite_jest »

JetSetWilly wrote: post #169
ashwagary wrote: post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Many US immigrants studied under the British system before arriving here. More Asians and Africans studied/follow this standard than actual Brits. Nigerians, for example, follow this standard and they have 4 times the population of the UK.

He wasn’t just using British spelling, but British coloquialisms that are not taught abroad. And he clearly wrote at a “native” level. And he was active - writing commits and emails - in UK hours, not American hours. Is it some kind of US nationalism that insists on ignoring all this?

> British coloquialisms that are not taught abroad

What are some examples of those?

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