Everything makes sense if David Kleiman was Satoshi Nakamoto. Here’s why

Post by informatimago » Wed, May 04, 2016, 12:34 PM UTC

wolfgke wrote: post #20

bobwaycott wrote: post #11

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Okay, so this is kind of what I've been assuming. So, why would discovering the real-life identity impact the exchange rate? What exactly would be different if Satoshi stepped out on an aircraft carrier with a big "Mission Accomplished" banner today? I find the philosophical argument fascinating. It's like a bunch of Antonin Scalias arguing about the need for a strict constructionist view of the Founder's vision, to…

> So, why would discovering the real-life identity impact the exchange rate? If we came to conclusion that Satoshi was a "I mined lots of early blocks who gave a really high block reward. And you all were all parts of this 'Ponzi scheme' which made me rich" kind of person - I can image quite well the consequences for the BTC exchange rate. If we found out that Bitcoin was an experiment by some CS genius that got a li…

Post by ismatopius » Wed, May 04, 2016, 3:49 PM UTC

anoonmoose wrote: post #32

ifdefdebug wrote: post #16

It is clearly obvious that Craig Wright will be accused of identity theft by many if he really provides the crypto proof he announced yesterday. Too many people prefer to think of Gavin Andresen as a complete idiot easy to fool with some stupid tricks or even a fraud one can buy, rather than to accept Craig Wright as Satoshi Nakamoto. They also think about Craig Wright as a complete idiot who gives false proof easily…

It seems to me that there's two Satoshis to talk about here. One is the Satoshi that created Bitcoin. The other is the Satoshi that owns the private key to the genesis block, and also a whole lot of other bitcoins that are worth a lot of money. Everything I've read about Craig Wright makes it seem pretty unlikely that he's the former. I just don't see enough in his CV to believe he created Bitcoin. This is the Satosh…