Check out Economist's write up. Lots of detail. Not just the 5 minute video. http://www.economist.com/news/briefings/21698061-craig-steve... HN sub: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11609708
Creator of Bitcoin digital cash reveals identity
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#23Check out Economist's write up. Lots of detail. Not just the 5 minute video. http://www.economist.com/news/briefings/21698061-craig-steve... HN sub: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11609708
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
and Gavin Andresen confirms http://gavinandresen.ninja/satoshi
Yes. Gavin assisted Economist's write up: "Still, as far as we can tell he indeed seems to be in possession of the keys, at least for block 9. This assessment is shared by two bitcoin insiders who have sat through the same demonstration: Jon Matonis, a bitcoin consultant and former director of the Bitcoin Foundation, and Gavin Andresen, Mr Nakamoto’s successor as the lead developer of the cryptocurrency’s software (h…
That's some crappy wording. We are going all these lengths (crypto and stuff) to then be uncertain: "seems". "at least".
Concrete proof is required.
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#26He says he doesn't want publicity (GQ?? REALLY?!).
When he was first explored as a potential Satoshi awhile back, when a "hacker" supposedly broke into his computer and leaked emails linking him to Bitcoin, there was reason to believe that it wasn't true.
There is also a tax case and a legal case around this.
More from a few months ago here: http://gizmodo.com/this-australian-says-he-and-his-dead-frie...
Okay so evidence is mounting that it's true, but I always had a theory about who Satoshi was and why he went silent (he passed away a few years ago).