Interesting. No wonder Satoshi kept their identity hidden.
It's likely that Adam Back is Satoshi Nakamoto. It's no big secret.
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#12Interesting. No wonder Satoshi kept their identity hidden.
Satoshi rightfully feared the same outcome as those behind libertycoin. The main guy was only just released from prison for trying to create a currency, a concept that seems comically quaint in 2021. https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/charlotte/press-releases/2...
it's because they know at this point there are too many people who have adopted it. it is easier to screw over 1 person, but hundreds of millions of people, you may have some civil disobedience. but that's just a theory, change of administration probably plays a bigger role than that. old heads back then not understanding the idea behind crypto and feeling threatened because of it etc