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My dorm room was next door to Hal Finney. He was a freakin genius at every intellectual endeavor he bothered to try. My fellow students and I were in awe of him. But you had to get to know him to realize what he was. To most people, he was just a regular guy, easy going, friendly, always willing to help. He was also a libertarian, and the concept of bitcoin must have been very appealing to him. And inventing "Satoshi…
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So I just searched the article for Finney to see why it claimed it wasn't him. It claims Satoshi was active after Finney had died? What's that about? I used to be of the opinion that it was probably hal, but haven't paid too much attention. What's the counter evidence here? And why do we disregard that?
Do you have a link for Satoshi's post after Hal had died?
Particularly I believe that Satoshi Nakamoto is a nation-state who created Bitcoin to bypass sanctions. Simple as that.
I tend to think this, too. Or rather a small group of cryptographers working for a nation-state. It's the only way to make sense of the fact that Satoshi is enormously wealthy. I don't think any individual could sit on this kind of wealth and not cash out visibly.
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Does Carreyrou give reasons for eliminating Hal Finney from being (part or all of) Satoshi?
Yes, he mentions he was photographed running a foot race during a date and time Satoshi sent emails (of course that's a bit weak).
Likewise, the argument discounting szabo because he exposed some ignorance of Bitcoin is exactly what someone might do to throw off the scent.
Regardless of whether Carreyrou is right, Mr. Back's life has now changed massively. The article points out that the market value of Satoshi's wallet is north of $100bn. Time to invest in some personal security.
I haven't seen this question answered anywhere. Why would anyone use bitcoin if the world's factory ie China wants gold as payments? Even pro Bitcoin people like Balaji and Lyn Alden haven't answered this structural question. There exists market for what counts as money. If that market (led by China) says we don't accept Bitcoin, then these are just some random numbers.
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If I were Satoshi I'd keep my head down. I wouldn't want my life f-d up by outing myself. Think about the kind of world view you need to have to decide to dedicate the necessary time to develop a system for transacting outside of approved channels. Dude's probably worried about polonium finding its way into his tea or whatever. Assuming he is even an individual.
What would killing him achieve? The Bitcoin technology is out of his control.