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Nick Szabo is Satoshi Nakamoto, the Inventor of Bitcoin

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Re: Nick Szabo is Satoshi Nakamoto, the Inventor of Bitcoin

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Can you give a link to where he's denied it? I haven't seen anything.

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/11/mf_bitcoin/all/1 Wired, weirdly, didn't quote his denial. They just said he denied it. On his blog, he also suggested that Finney or Dai might be Satoshi. I'm inclined to believe it's him. He's been writing about this topic passionately for years. Weirdly, though, he was still writing about "Bit Gold" and Hal Finney's attempt at an implementation in December 2008, after Satoshi p…

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Re: Nick Szabo is Satoshi Nakamoto, the Inventor of Bitcoin

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post #41
post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/11/mf_bitcoin/all/1 Wired, weirdly, didn't quote his denial. They just said he denied it. On his blog, he also suggested that Finney or Dai might be Satoshi. I'm inclined to believe it's him. He's been writing about this topic passionately for years. Weirdly, though, he was still writing about "Bit Gold" and Hal Finney's attempt at an implementation in December 2008, after Satoshi p…

Thanks.

He discusses fake name use in this post to Cypherpunks List in 1993. He also mentions "Digicash" in the same thread.

http://borg.uu3.net/ldetweil/medusa/originals/unpleasant

"In my limited experience creating Internet pseudonyms, I've been quite distracted by the continual need to avoid leaving pointers to my True Name lying around -- excess mail to/from my True Name, shared files, common peculiarities (eg misspellings in written text), traceable logins, etc. The penet.fi site explicitly maintains a list of pointers to the original address. All kinds of security controls -- crypto, access, information, inference -- have to be continually on my mind when using pseudonymous accounts. The hazards are everywhere. With our current tools it's practically impossible to maintain an active pseudonym for a long period of time against a sufficiently determined opponent, and quite a hassle to maintain even a modicum of decent security. Pointers to info and/or tools to enable the establishment and maintenance of a net.nym, beyond the standard cypherpunks PGP/remailer fare with which I'm now familiar, greatly appreciated. Especially nice would be a list of commercial net providers that allow pseudonymous accounts.""

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