Len Sassaman and Satoshi
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Len Sassaman and Satoshi
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Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi
#2It‘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 in and become a public and admired figure.
Then again, cypherpunks might just be that breed...
Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi
#3It‘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…
I've never bought the argument about kidnappings etc, with billions of dollars you can hire people with lots of guns
Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi
#4It‘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 worth mentioning that those 10s of billions have never been touched.
This is a very strong case for Len to be Satoshi.
Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi
#5I got a kick out of a quote Sassaman had in his Orkut profile, circa 2005:
"Some day, I will invent a machine that turns all marxists into ants. Then, we will all be happy."
Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi
#6I actually met Len in 2010/2011 when he was visiting the Dartmouth cs dept! We talked about noodlers being an excellent fountain pen ink and some stuff around functional programming that overlap with the language base security ideas Sergey Bratus and Meredith Patterson went on to popularize.
I also have a distinct memory that he had a very well decorated walking cane.
Edit: I do think that this post, while having valid circumstantial evidence, is at best circumstantial. And it’s more valuable to celebrate those who have passed by way of recognizing the achievements we can genuinely attribute to them
Edit edit: http://langsec.org/
Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi
#7I felt a tinge of sadness reading this. Len may or may not be Satoshi, and the article makes a strong case that he may be, after all. But it's really sad to lose such extraordinary people to mental health related issues, especially when we can do much better, with little effort.
Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi
#8It‘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…
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/forum/topic/listForContributor...
Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi
#9I actually met Len in 2010/2011 when he was visiting the Dartmouth cs dept! We talked about noodlers being an excellent fountain pen ink and some stuff around functional programming that overlap with the language base security ideas Sergey Bratus and Meredith Patterson went on to popularize. I also have a distinct memory that he had a very well decorated walking cane. Edit: I do think that this post, while having val…
I worked with him at PGP in 2000.
Re: Len Sassaman and Satoshi
#10Having 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.