New Evidence Suggests Satoshi Nakamoto Is Paul Le Roux • Hacker News Board

Re: New Evidence Suggests Satoshi Nakamoto Is Paul Le Roux

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Post by staplers » Thu, Jun 06, 2019, 5:02 PM UTC

mirimir wrote: post #19

staplers wrote: post #12

After 7 years in the crypto space, I'm still not convinced of any particular Satoshi theory. That being said, Nick Szabo, Hal Finney, and Paul Le Roux all have decent evidence pointing to them.

I vaguely recall reading about Bitcoin development in ~darknet forums, during 2010-2012. But only vaguely, and I retained no logs. There were hints, I think, that developers were Australian. Edit: OK, maybe it was earlier. I did say vaguely.

Bitcoin was created in Jan 2009.. so the "developers" you are thinking of could have begun contributing after Satoshi

Re: New Evidence Suggests Satoshi Nakamoto Is Paul Le Roux

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Post by JohnJamesRambo » Thu, Jun 06, 2019, 5:04 PM UTC

mrkramer wrote: post #20

He is probably not Satoshi because Bitcoin was meant to be everything opposite of a currency for money laundering hence triple ledger accounting aka blockchain. After all see Bitcoin whitepaper and read carefully each sentence and you will realize it was meant for internet commerce and last thing you want in ecommerce is fraud and money laundering. On the other hand Craig Wright is the most possible candidate for Sat…

Craig Wright is not Satoshi, that is absurd. Research it more and come back to us. If he ever wanted to prove it he could easily do so by moving any of the early coins etc. Instead of his fraudulent signatures added after the fact and all his other shenanigans.

Re: New Evidence Suggests Satoshi Nakamoto Is Paul Le Roux

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Post by bepvte » Thu, Jun 06, 2019, 5:07 PM UTC

JohnJamesRambo wrote: post #22

mrkramer wrote: post #20

He is probably not Satoshi because Bitcoin was meant to be everything opposite of a currency for money laundering hence triple ledger accounting aka blockchain. After all see Bitcoin whitepaper and read carefully each sentence and you will realize it was meant for internet commerce and last thing you want in ecommerce is fraud and money laundering. On the other hand Craig Wright is the most possible candidate for Sat…

Craig Wright is not Satoshi, that is absurd. Research it more and come back to us. If he ever wanted to prove it he could easily do so by moving any of the early coins etc. Instead of his fraudulent signatures added after the fact and all his other shenanigans.

Craig Wright is commonly known as "Faketoshi" in the community due to how much he claims he is Satoshi.

Re: New Evidence Suggests Satoshi Nakamoto Is Paul Le Roux

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Post by api » Thu, Jun 06, 2019, 5:11 PM UTC

nostrademons wrote: post #3

I'd still bet on Hal Finney, RIP.

If so that means the creator of the first true cryptocurrency is currently frozen in liquid nitrogen awaiting potential revival in the future, which is even more evidence that we are in fact living in a cyberpunk novel. All we need now is a Rastafarian operated space station at one of the Lagrange points.

Re: New Evidence Suggests Satoshi Nakamoto Is Paul Le Roux

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Post by strikelaserclaw » Thu, Jun 06, 2019, 5:12 PM UTC

jimbob45 wrote: post #2

Why say Paul Solotshi instead of Paul Le Roux, a name everyone is far more familiar with? None of the evidence presented was compelling. It was circumstantial at best. Save yourself the five minutes it takes to read this article.

Damn dude, that guy is like Walter White.

Re: New Evidence Suggests Satoshi Nakamoto Is Paul Le Roux

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 06, 2019, 5:12 PM UTC

avs733 wrote: post #7

So sincere question...does this matter? What is added to the social value of bitcoin or cryptocurrency in general? I'm not asking to just dismiss it...just why we are perpetually having/focusing on this discussion is intriguing to me

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Re: New Evidence Suggests Satoshi Nakamoto Is Paul Le Roux

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Post by SilasX » Thu, Jun 06, 2019, 5:15 PM UTC

low_roar1 wrote: post #17

avs733 wrote: post #7

So sincere question...does this matter? What is added to the social value of bitcoin or cryptocurrency in general? I'm not asking to just dismiss it...just why we are perpetually having/focusing on this discussion is intriguing to me

It matters for some because whoever Satoshi is, is in control of a whole lot of Bitcoins.

Which have, also interestingly, never been transferred.

Re: New Evidence Suggests Satoshi Nakamoto Is Paul Le Roux

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Post by jtms » Thu, Jun 06, 2019, 5:16 PM UTC

tim333 wrote: post #15

chvid wrote: post #5

Why all this silliness? Everyone knows it was made by the grumpy Aussie man.

Unlikely.

It was clearly a joke - he means the opposite of what was said, but thanks for spelling out the obvious

Re: New Evidence Suggests Satoshi Nakamoto Is Paul Le Roux

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Post by brokenkebab » Thu, Jun 06, 2019, 5:17 PM UTC

jimbob45 wrote: post #2

Why say Paul Solotshi instead of Paul Le Roux, a name everyone is far more familiar with? None of the evidence presented was compelling. It was circumstantial at best. Save yourself the five minutes it takes to read this article.

Because SatoSHI, SolotSHI - we found him! CASE CLOSED!

Re: New Evidence Suggests Satoshi Nakamoto Is Paul Le Roux

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Post by the_watcher » Thu, Jun 06, 2019, 5:17 PM UTC

dmix wrote: post #11

the_watcher wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seriously. The author apparently considers "both are familiar with payments" evidence.

What is the "new evidence" mentioned in the headline?

The only "new" bit of verifiable information is that a link to Paul Le Roux's Wikipedia page appears unredacted in a document presented by Wright in which most other specific names are redacted because he claimed their exposure could put him at risk (implication being that he helped put criminals away). Everything else just starts from "Le Roux may be Satoshi" and employs conspiracy theorist logic to get there ("He uses an alias that kind of sounds a little like Satoshi - Solotshi. This suggests that he IS Satoshi.")