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Re: Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto

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Post by jnbiche »

Even more interesting: look who signed Satoshi's key on April Fools Day of last year[1].

http://sks.pkqs.net/pks/lookup?op=vindex&fingerprint=on&sear...

(ignore the signature from today, anyone could have done that in the brouhaha following today's disclosures)

Based on that, it looks pretty clear to me that Dorian Nakamoto decided to "latch on" to the Satoshi Nakamoto founder's myth, either as a way to boost his reputation/ego or as some practical joke (or both!).

That or Satoshi the Founder is trolling us all.

1. Originally noted a few moments ago by mpfrank on bitcointalk.

EDIT: Duh, it's fake. Obviously, it's possible to set your system clock back. I was so intrigued I wasn't thinking clearly, even after I pointed this very "attack" out during the Ed Snowden GPG affair. Sorry folks, maybe if it were timestamped in the blockchain.

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto

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Post by mangeletti »

ck2 wrote: post #16

So this guy has had a stroke and cancer. Does anyone care the stress might kill him? I guess not. How about we leave him alone.

People are concerned about the origins of something that has the potential of changing humanity (for better or worse) and dethroning the existing financial hegemony. I feel bad about all the cameras being shoved in his face, but there's nothing wrong with people inquiring.

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto

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Post by GuiA »

darkmighty wrote: post #20
tonylampada wrote: post #15

> I am not Dorian Nakamoto. Is there any way Satoshi could prove this statement? Apart from revealing his identity?

They could hold up Dorian and ask Satoshi to post something requiring his key, although that couldn't discard the possibility of Dorian having instructed an acquaintance to do so in case of emergency. There's really no way to prove (a posteriori) without doubt that someone is or isn't Satoshi, unless there was an encypted message left by him (a priori) saying "My DNA is (...)", to which he provides the key.

This is going to become a real life Death Note-style affair!

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto

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Post by jnbiche »

sheetjs wrote: post #17

At this stage, given the conversation about possible hacking, what would constitute definitive proof that someone is actually Satoshi Nakamoto?

His known PGP key. Alternately, a message signed by one of the first mined coins and/or movement of coins from those coins would be at least strongly suggestive that it's him, although it probably wouldn't carry the weight of his PGP key.

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto

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Post by coolnow »

jnbiche wrote: post #21

Even more interesting: look who signed Satoshi's key on April Fools Day of last year [1]. http://sks.pkqs.net/pks/lookup?op=vindex&fingerprint=on&sear... (ignore the signature from today, anyone could have done that in the brouhaha following today's disclosures) Based on that, it looks pretty clear to me that Dorian Nakamoto decided to "latch on" to the Satoshi Nakamoto founder's myth, either as a way to boost his re…

What does this mean? Dorian may or may not be "Satoshi", but was definitely involved in Bitcoin?

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto

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Post by jallmann »

jnbiche wrote: post #21

Even more interesting: look who signed Satoshi's key on April Fools Day of last year [1]. http://sks.pkqs.net/pks/lookup?op=vindex&fingerprint=on&sear... (ignore the signature from today, anyone could have done that in the brouhaha following today's disclosures) Based on that, it looks pretty clear to me that Dorian Nakamoto decided to "latch on" to the Satoshi Nakamoto founder's myth, either as a way to boost his re…

I might be reading this incorrectly, but it looks like the Dorian Nakamoto key was created in 2008? Can that be forged?

http://sks.pkqs.net/pks/lookup?op=vindex&fingerprint=on&sear...

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto

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Post by citricsquid »

jnbiche wrote: post #21

Even more interesting: look who signed Satoshi's key on April Fools Day of last year [1]. http://sks.pkqs.net/pks/lookup?op=vindex&fingerprint=on&sear... (ignore the signature from today, anyone could have done that in the brouhaha following today's disclosures) Based on that, it looks pretty clear to me that Dorian Nakamoto decided to "latch on" to the Satoshi Nakamoto founder's myth, either as a way to boost his re…

That's fake, look at the URL via google cache, it wasn't there a couple of months ago: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http%3A...

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto

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Post by ck2 »

mangeletti wrote: post #22
ck2 wrote: post #16

So this guy has had a stroke and cancer. Does anyone care the stress might kill him? I guess not. How about we leave him alone.

People are concerned about the origins of something that has the potential of changing humanity (for better or worse) and dethroning the existing financial hegemony. I feel bad about all the cameras being shoved in his face, but there's nothing wrong with people inquiring.

Be curious all you want, but doing this to anyone who is not some kind of public official is wrong.

Even worse, what if it really is not him?

Anyone who has been through that kind of illness deserves to be left the heck alone if they want to be.

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto

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Post by SFN »

jnbiche wrote: post #21

Even more interesting: look who signed Satoshi's key on April Fools Day of last year [1]. http://sks.pkqs.net/pks/lookup?op=vindex&fingerprint=on&sear... (ignore the signature from today, anyone could have done that in the brouhaha following today's disclosures) Based on that, it looks pretty clear to me that Dorian Nakamoto decided to "latch on" to the Satoshi Nakamoto founder's myth, either as a way to boost his re…

How did John Titor sign it in 2001? The Dorian S Nakamoto signature could be time-faked also.
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