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Everything makes sense if David Kleiman was Satoshi Nakamoto. Here’s why

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Re: Everything makes sense if David Kleiman was Satoshi Nakamoto. Here’s why

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Post by Svip »

Didn't the Satoshi Nakamoto account comment on the Newsweek article claiming Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto was the man?[0] That was in 2014. Since Kleiman died in 2013, then someone else would have had access to the Nakamoto account, right?

Indeed, I wonder why the Nakamoto account haven't made a comment on the Craig Wright claims.

[0] http://p2pfoundation.ning.com/m/discussion?id=2003008%3ATopi...

Re: Everything makes sense if David Kleiman was Satoshi Nakamoto. Here’s why

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Post by wolfgke »

bobwaycott wrote: post #2

Genuinely curious: Why does anyone care about who Satoshi is IRL? Is it the mystery? The hunt? Is there a Bitcoin prize to be had?

The article gives one answer: Satoshi owns lots of bitcoins. The article mentions 1.1M BTC. At the current rate this is about 500M US$. I think lots of people are eager for this amount of money. Finding out who legitimately owns this money could have a large influence on the exchange rate of bitcoin. Also if these BTCs would be "let free" this could even destroy bitcoin - a lot of power.

Also the more philosophical argument: At the moment there is a large controversy in the bitcoin community about whether the blocksize should be increased or not. If we found out who Satoshi is and can provide evidence what blocksize is nearer to Satoshi's "original vision" this could change the balance of power in the Bitcoin community.

TLDR: It is about money and power.

Re: Everything makes sense if David Kleiman was Satoshi Nakamoto. Here’s why

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Post by bobwaycott »

machbio wrote: post #4
bobwaycott wrote: post #2

Genuinely curious: Why does anyone care about who Satoshi is IRL? Is it the mystery? The hunt? Is there a Bitcoin prize to be had?

Becoz Satoshi owns approximately 1 Million Bitcoins - that is 6% of the total bitcoins.

I don't think that provides a satisfactory explanation. Plenty of people have a lot of X, and nobody gives a shit.

Who has 6% of the total gold?

Who has 6% of the total rice?

Who has 6% of the total 56K modems?

Maybe this is Bitcoin's version of identifying the 0.01%.

It's somewhat ironic, because I hear and read all this fluff about the anonymity of Bitcoin and how attractive that is, but everyone's just dying to out Satoshi.

Re: Everything makes sense if David Kleiman was Satoshi Nakamoto. Here’s why

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Post by buro9 »

bobwaycott wrote: post #2

Genuinely curious: Why does anyone care about who Satoshi is IRL? Is it the mystery? The hunt? Is there a Bitcoin prize to be had?

It could be argued that if Satoshi is a person, and that person created Bitcoin on equipment provided by a workplace, during work time... and if those first 1 million bitcoins were mined on equipment owned by a workplace...

Then depending on the legal jurisdiction of that person...

* The employer have a claim on the IP and the initial licence was incorrect

* The employer have a claim on the bitcoins

* The employer could have a claim on any core patent that arises

This is just from a UK patent law based view where it is repeatedly made clear to employees not to work on side projects or other things on work equipment and time.

So there is a potential legal risk, if it's determined that Satoshi was working on this using his employers resources.

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