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Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius?

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Re: Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius?

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Not just that - outing satoshi could cause him and any close family significant danger, given that there is a strong chance he is in possession of the secret keys of addresses containing 1M bitcoins. https://bitslog.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/the-well-deserved-f...

What makes him different from say, Bill Gate?

Bill Gates doesn't have billions in cash sequestered under the digital equivalent of his mattress.

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius?

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That's mostly evidence for my theory: he's an egomaniac trying to sell a story. Almost all of this goes back to him or the leaker as a matter of faith. It all appears way after Bitcoin appears. Everything about how he presents himself comes off as playing to a mystique to draw people in. I'd buy the leaks if the hacker posted a message as Satoshi using stolen credential and linked to this article. Meanwhile, the "hac…

> he's an egomaniac trying to sell a story Awesome guerrilla marketing. Journalists want the scoop of the century - outing the real Satoshi. By back filling history, they gave exactly what they wanted, and they took it hook, line and sinker.

Except is that really the scoop of the century? Do people really care that much? If the media would just leave the real guy alone we could have the added benefit of preventing false self-marketing too. How about we just ignore all these "the real satoshi!" articles?

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius?

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post #92

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> he's an egomaniac trying to sell a story Awesome guerrilla marketing. Journalists want the scoop of the century - outing the real Satoshi. By back filling history, they gave exactly what they wanted, and they took it hook, line and sinker.

Except is that really the scoop of the century? Do people really care that much? If the media would just leave the real guy alone we could have the added benefit of preventing false self-marketing too. How about we just ignore all these "the real satoshi!" articles?

Yeah, it would be the scoop of the century to Bitcoin fans but few other people. That said, as someone who isn't involved at all, I love a good detective story. I'll read this.

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius?

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post #64

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There are something like 5,000 families in the US worth more than $100M, the majority don't have private security, don't worry about kidnappings, and don't take any real actions to protect themselves from the Bilderbergs (?)

Is there some leaked "source" that claims that Satoshi is American too ? PS: Getting kidnapped for ransom is not so uncommon in third world countries.

The linked article combined with the Gizmodo one make a compelling case that the creators of Bitcoin are an American and an Australian.. Where kidnapping for ransom is extraordinarily uncommon.

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius?

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he is actively deleting himself from the internet; his several blogs (gse in particular as it was posted here a few weeks ago, but there are more), his youtube channel and any reference to him.

i doubt this is speculation as the actions definitely show he is trying to hide something (his original writing from analysis). this is also apparent in his replies to wired.

also, it sucks that this kind of content is being cleared. i found it interesting and hope it will make it back. please put it back craig.

edits:

the following quote is quite odd; anyone have any clarity?

“About 20 years ago, I was at the launch of Alta Vista. It was the first big commercial search engine. Back in the early '90s… everyone told me how much of a ‘coo-coo’ [crazy] I was for wasting all this money to be part of something that’s a ‘bloody piece of computer code’," said Wright. [1]

[1] http://www.cio.com.au/article/549278/bitcoin_safe_/

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius?

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post #49

"The PGP key associated with Nakamoto’s email address and references to an upcoming “cryptocurrency paper” and “triple entry accounting” were added sometime after 2013" Why is this not at the beginning of the article? That's pretty strong evidence that this is a hoax.

I went back and read it more carefully, and it's linked to an email address one character off from the known Satoshi one. satoshin@vistomail.com vs satoshi@vistomail.com.

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius?

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post #92

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> he's an egomaniac trying to sell a story Awesome guerrilla marketing. Journalists want the scoop of the century - outing the real Satoshi. By back filling history, they gave exactly what they wanted, and they took it hook, line and sinker.

Except is that really the scoop of the century? Do people really care that much? If the media would just leave the real guy alone we could have the added benefit of preventing false self-marketing too. How about we just ignore all these "the real satoshi!" articles?

It's already in Wired, has 212 points on Hacker News, and who knows what value to people assessing him in academia or business sectors. Altogether, enough people care for it to matter to a tech egomaniac. Not "scoop of the century" or anything, though.
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