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Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius?

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Re: Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius?

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Not only grammar, but Wright's writings are full of typos and spelling errors, which occur at a remarkable rate, to the extent that he can't spell Silicon Valley! (he spelled it as "silicone valley"). I never once saw Satoshi make a spelling error. That said, the rest of the evidence is pretty compelling, isn't it? Satoshi did once say he wasn't all that good with words, despite evidence to the contrary. Perhaps this…

the spelling of "silicone" looks intentional to me. the review is titled "Like the US is the only country to produce tech." 'Craig Wright of Australia wrote, a bit petulantly, “Always the assumption that [Satoshi Nakamoto] must be a bloody yank. The analysis of who Satoshi is is always so limited.”' from this article: http://fusion.net/story/243056/alleged-bitcoin-creator-craig...

> So let’s recap: in September 2015, Wright was annoyed that people didn’t know who the real Nakamoto was.

Is Kashmir unable to read? Wright never said that. He was clearly angry about the national stereotyping and the 'assumption' and how thinking is 'limited'. This is exactly like those cases where women authors publish books under names like 'J.K. Rowling' and readers assume they are men; of course they are going to be upset.

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius?

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I'm really not too sure why you're being downvoted. I think there are a number of people who agree that outing him isn't necessary or valuable. A man trying not to be in the public eye deserves as much.

It's actually really really unsafe for him. The moment people find out that he's a billionaire (Satoshi's BTC are worth a 9-digit figure), he might be a victim of an attack.

Just to be a bit pedantic, he's estimated to have ~1.1M coins, which at current market prices would be worth $440M (9 figure wealth isn't a billion, but 'only' in the hundreds of milloins). Obviously he'd destroy the book on any exchange if he tried to cash out so it's probably worth much less than that.

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius?

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Craig Wright's home raided by Australian police[0]. [0] http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/09/bitcoin-fo...

Anyone know why the presumed inventor would have existing tax problems, given the ample amount of valuable bitcoin that could be used to pay bills?

Edit: Gizmodo mentions a bunch of tax issues http://gizmodo.com/this-australian-says-he-and-his-dead-frie...

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius?

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Aaaaand the Australian police just raided his house: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/09/bitcoin-fo...

Raided his out just a little while after these were sharing a theory he was the bitcoin founder. And in the name of the Tax Office? I'm in shock at the speed they moved in to try and catch him for ... tax evasion?

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius?

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I think a very small amount of stylometric analysis would cast a lot of doubt on this theory. Satoshi's grammar is always perfect. His sentences are tight. He's clear and to the point. Wright rambles; his grammar is terrible; he seems to have no idea what a comma is for. Scanning his blog for a minute, he comes across as the kind of slightly dotty kook who would try to convince people he's Satoshi with this kind of "…

Not only grammar, but Wright's writings are full of typos and spelling errors, which occur at a remarkable rate, to the extent that he can't spell Silicon Valley! (he spelled it as "silicone valley"). I never once saw Satoshi make a spelling error. That said, the rest of the evidence is pretty compelling, isn't it? Satoshi did once say he wasn't all that good with words, despite evidence to the contrary. Perhaps this…

Maybe he's talking about the area just east of Santa Monica and South of Hollywood: Silicone Valley.

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius?

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Worth noting that the main source on this is Gwern ( https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=gwern ). Gwern, care to comment?

Gwern is talking a bit about it over on /r/bitcoin.

1. https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3vzgnd/bitcoins_cr...

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