Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator

Post by GJim » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 1:06 PM UTC

chistev wrote: post #14

If 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 perso…

Post by chistev » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 1:08 PM UTC

cucumber3732842 wrote: post #35

chistev wrote: post #14

If 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 perso…

If I were Satoshi I'd keep my head down. I wouldn't want my life f-d up by outing myself. Think about the kind of world view you need to have to decide to dedicate the necessary time to develop a system for transacting outside of approved channels. Dude's probably worried about polonium finding its way into his tea or whatever. Assuming he is even an individual.

Post by sonofaplum » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 1:34 PM UTC

leroy_masochist wrote: post #37

Regardless of whether Carreyrou is right, Mr. Back's life has now changed massively. The article points out that the market value of Satoshi's wallet is north of $100bn. Time to invest in some personal security.

Post by extraduder_ire » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 1:56 PM UTC

rcxdude wrote: post #25

tovej wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Only if those similarities are indicating more than 'generic internet hacker' for both of them. You only need 23 bits to identify a person but those are 23 uncorrelated bits, and all the 'similarities' presented here are extremely strongly correlated with themselves.

Post by cucumber3732842 » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 2:16 PM UTC

chistev wrote: post #43

cucumber3732842 wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If I were Satoshi I'd keep my head down. I wouldn't want my life f-d up by outing myself. Think about the kind of world view you need to have to decide to dedicate the necessary time to develop a system for transacting outside of approved channels. Dude's probably worried about polonium finding its way into his tea or whatever. Assuming he is even an individual.

What would killing him achieve? The Bitcoin technology is out of his control.