Hal Finney
Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator
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Re: Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator
#12You can't sell books or articles from saying something that's been said before, but Nick Szabo remains the best Satoshi candidate by a mile. He had developed the system closest to Bitcoin, he was actively seeking collaborators to turn his system into a practical offering briefly before Bitcoin was released, and he was the only cipherpunk who conspicuously said very little when the system he'd been trying to realize f…
Szabo is definitely top 3 candidates or on team
Re: Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator
#13> I’d learned enough by then to know that P.G.P. relies on public-key cryptography. > So does Bitcoin. A Bitcoin user has two keys: a public key, from which an address is derived that acts as a digital safe deposit box; and a private key, which is the secret combination used to unlock that box and spend the coins it contains. > How interesting, I thought, that Mr. Back’s grad-school hobby involved the same cryptograp…
>I read up to here, but I wasn't convinced that this is the revelation that the author claims The rest of the arguments is as weak: 1) both released open-source software 2) both don't like spam 3) both like using pseudonyms online 4) both love freedom 5) both are anti-copyright etc. Basically, the author found that Adam Back used the same words on X as Satoshi did in some emails (including such rare words as "dang,"…
I think this misses the point. The point is that interests and writing style matches, which means there's a higher chance they are the same person.
The more similarities you find, the closer the match. It's in no way proof, of course. But it does provide good reason to look closer
Re: Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator
#14If Satoshi is still alive (I believe it's a single guy), then it's incredible the amount of self-control he has to not reveal his identity after all these years. Not needing the wealth or the fame and ego-stroking that comes with being behind such a revolutionary technology is enviable.
Not many people are like that.
If he is still alive and just moved on to other things as he said, I can't applaud that kind of personality enough.
Re: Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator
#15You can't sell books or articles from saying something that's been said before, but Nick Szabo remains the best Satoshi candidate by a mile. He had developed the system closest to Bitcoin, he was actively seeking collaborators to turn his system into a practical offering briefly before Bitcoin was released, and he was the only cipherpunk who conspicuously said very little when the system he'd been trying to realize f…
> In contrast to a certain convicted Australian fraudster who got caught trying to backdate his statements,
Who?
Re: Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator
#16Re: Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator
#17I don't think this reveals Satoshi's identity, nor that any prior piece of reporting may have done so. But I do think there's a high probability that Satoshi lurks or has lurked on HN, and perhaps reads these posts with an initial sense of apprehension followed by a chuckle at the inevitable misidentification.
Re: Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator
#18I don't think this reveals Satoshi's identity, nor that any prior piece of reporting may have done so. But I do think there's a high probability that Satoshi lurks or has lurked on HN, and perhaps reads these posts with an initial sense of apprehension followed by a chuckle at the inevitable misidentification.
> misidentification
We don't know if that's misidentification either. The author provides good evidence that the writing style matches, which doesn't provide a strong proof, however it's a good clue of who might it be.
Re: Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator
#19I'm surprised that this is the best NYT investigative journalism could do. It's well written and comprehensive, but it also contains no new information.
And I truly mean it, all the proofs listed here are so well known that you're likely to learn just as much by watching one of the hundreds of "Adam is Satoshi!!1" YouTube videos.
Given the title (a quest!) I would have expected some personal findings to be added to the shared narrative, not just rehash of the first 2 pages of a Google search.
Re: Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator
#20Particularly I believe that Satoshi Nakamoto is a nation-state who created Bitcoin to bypass sanctions. Simple as that.