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Len Sassaman and Satoshi

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Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi

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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.

It was in the top 10 only a few months ago. The trend is that it's going away.

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi

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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…

I thought that Hal denied being Satoshi in his final days?

My recollection of his last interview is he didn't respond other than grinning.

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi

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post #39

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.

The British style is simply using the words flat, maths, etc. I wouldn't underestimate Hal's ability to do such an easy misdirection. I've only spent a few days in Britain before starting to talk like that.

Using word frequency analysis to determine authorship goes back at least to the 1970s.

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi

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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…

Why do you think Hal would have been Satoshi but then also been the first developer using his real name?

A prank. Just think, a Japanese pseudonym that used british spelling. Hal loved a good prank. I also don't recall him being prideful in the way of ensuring he received credit for things.

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi

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post #39

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.

But, in his announcement he spelt "decentralized". Which isn't the British way.

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi

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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…

Satoshi's email was hacked and that wasn't signed with PGP I think the consensus is that the statement wasn't real

Satoshi never signed mailing list posts, forum posts, any private emails that we have access to or even the early Bitcoin code releases

I don't know how this became the burden to prove that writing is from Satoshi since none of the well-known Satoshi writing meets it

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi

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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.

Guessing you haven't seen Futurama. Not the same exact plot of course, but I immediately thought of it.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fishful_of_Dollars

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi

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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…

Why do you think Hal would have been Satoshi but then also been the first developer using his real name?

Perhaps he didn't really care to maintain the anonymity, but still wanted plausible deniability over the ownership of his fortune

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi

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post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Interesting to wonder if he simply memorized the keys before being frozen, hoping that he could remember them if he were ever resuscitated.

Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi

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post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Bitcoin is already pretty freaking sci-fi-plottish.
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