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Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi

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Post by bitexploder »

ardy42 wrote: post #22
axiosgunnar wrote: post #2

It‘s a pretty strong case for Len to be Satoshi, admittedly. And it would explain the mysterious silence from Satoshi Nakamoto - he's dead. Of course one could argue that Satoshi is alive and choses to be silent on purpose, since being worth tens of billions of dollars might come with some strings attached, ie kidnappings, black mail, extortions etc. But one would have to have a rather strong personality to not give…

> It‘s a pretty strong case for Len to be Satoshi, admittedly. And it would explain the mysterious silence from Satoshi Nakamoto - he's dead. I think it's pretty likely that the person (or people) who went by Satoshi is dead, and probably died before their Bitcoin hoard was worth much. If not, you'd have to explain why someone is giving up the opportunity to never have to work for someone else to support themselves e…

I mean they probably mined other Bitcoin along the way. I’m pretty sure they could have cashed in at points without touching those earlier addresses.

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi

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Post by Tenoke »

diego wrote: post #20
Meekro wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Len is a good candidate, but here's one problem: Satoshi spoke up in 2014 on a long-dormant account[1] to say "I am not Dorian Nakamoto." This was a response to a Newsweek article that claimed to have found his identity. So maybe someone hacked that account-- but then, why didn't we get any more Satoshi activity? Or maybe Len (who took his own life in 2011) isn't Satoshi after all! [1] http://p2pfoundation.ning.com/f…

Yes, 2014 in fact is when Hal Finney died, a few months after that post. He is perhaps the strongest candidate for Satoshi, and if so we'll probably never know.

It's also possible Satoshi gave Finney access to that email and more just in case there's something important enough, I guess.

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi

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Post by nodesocket »

It’s kind of hard to believe that given the amount and technical forensic evidence that must have been left by Satoshi we don’t know who they are.

Coding style and mannerism. Windows, Mac, Linux? IP addresses or user agent logged anywhere (mailing list)? Comment structure and style. Git / SVN commits. English writing style and mannerism. Digital fingerprints.

Surely there must be a technical trail to investigate.

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi

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Post by Tenoke »

shawnz wrote: post #29
perseusmandate wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If that's the case why has Craig continued to gain prominence and have more and more sway over BTC? Bitcion SV is worth $4B now. He's been able to monopolize the mindshare on Satoshi and misdirect the narrative.

BSV is a small cryptocurrency, the market cap is smaller than the joke coin Dogecoin. $4B is less than half of a percent of the market cap of Bitcoin. Furthermore, an investment in BSV isn't necessarily a validation of Craig Wright's claims.

It's the 23rd largest cryptocurrency. It's not especially small and you are comparing it to a crypto currently in the 14th spot, meme or not.

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi

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Post by Tenoke »

sneak wrote: post #16
axiosgunnar wrote: post #2

It‘s a pretty strong case for Len to be Satoshi, admittedly. And it would explain the mysterious silence from Satoshi Nakamoto - he's dead. Of course one could argue that Satoshi is alive and choses to be silent on purpose, since being worth tens of billions of dollars might come with some strings attached, ie kidnappings, black mail, extortions etc. But one would have to have a rather strong personality to not give…

Satoshi's silence period began at the same time that Gavin Andressen went to the CIA (at the CIA's invitation) to present about Bitcoin. It is widely assumed that it was caused by Andressen's decision to accept the invite. Just because Satoshi went silent for a while doesn't mean that he/they are dead.

If it was Gavin Andressen then why the hell did he support the claims that Craig Wright is Satoshi initially?

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi

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Post by VectorLock »

vga805 wrote: post #15
VectorLock wrote: post #10

Having known Len I'd be surprised if he was Satoshi, but its possible as some have speculated that Satoshi was a collaboration from a number of people then I could definitely see him being a part/organizer of it.

Why would you be surprised if he was Satoshi, but seemingly not so surprised if he organized a collective Satoshi?

My estimate is that he wouldn't have been able to produce the Bitcoin whitepaper solo but I think he could have brought together or participated with other people in it.

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi

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Post by xwolfi »

WalterBright wrote: post #19

My money (er, bitcoin) is on Hal Finney. I knew Hal from occupying the dorm room next to mine at Caltech. Being Satoshi is just the kind of elaborate prank Hal would have loved. Besides, I've never met anyone as smart as Hal, and I've met a lot of smart people. In his last interview (when he could no longer speak) he was asked if he was Satoshi, and he just grinned. As for where the missing bitcoins are, my bitcoin i…

It's like people always imagine aliens would appear in the middle of NYC.

Maybe Satoshi is a South African student in Glasgow, who moved back with his family to Germany and is shaking his head at BTC's evolution now that he grew up beyond "bruh banks bad" ?

He did an overly inefficient distributed linked list, which is replicated thousands of times by smaller projects to yield exactly the same value (the "bruh banks bad" value)

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi

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Post by mantap »

WalterBright wrote: post #19

My money (er, bitcoin) is on Hal Finney. I knew Hal from occupying the dorm room next to mine at Caltech. Being Satoshi is just the kind of elaborate prank Hal would have loved. Besides, I've never met anyone as smart as Hal, and I've met a lot of smart people. In his last interview (when he could no longer speak) he was asked if he was Satoshi, and he just grinned. As for where the missing bitcoins are, my bitcoin i…

This is well trodden ground but the genesis block message plus the distinctly British style of his writing convinces me that Satoshi has some connection with the UK.

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi

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Post by VectorLock »

kragen wrote: post #26
diego wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, 2014 in fact is when Hal Finney died, a few months after that post. He is perhaps the strongest candidate for Satoshi, and if so we'll probably never know.

Maybe if the cryonics thing works out, but that's a long shot.

Thats a serious sci-fi plot right there. Man cryonically freezes himself after inventing a cryptocurrency, wakes up in the far future the richest man in the world.
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