Topic: Could Satoshi Nakamoto be the CIA/NSA? (Read 4257 times)
thanks for the explanation doc.
What if bitcoin miners are being used to generate rainbow tables for cracking password hashes.
Since Bitcoin is open source, we all know what is being hashed. And thus, with absolute positive 100% certainty, we know it's not password hashes. What miners are calculating is hashes of hashes of merkle roots (=pseudorandom hashes on data that is influenced by everybody, and nobody has control over) plus an increasing random number (nonce) that is controlled by individual miners. So this has exactly nothing to do with password hashes.
God the title of the thread caught my attention so much, is actually pretty interesting and it could make has a movie a rough coder goes against the government to create a financial revolution.
I am whatever you say I am,
If I wasn't then why would I say I am?
If I wasn't then why would I say I am?
Whoever made Bitcoin, or why, is completely irrelevant. Bitcoin is open source, and clearly documented, and everybody can verify that it does what it's supposed to do
That's actually right, tho. But it's would be a pleasure to meet the creator of Bitcoin 
Whoever made Bitcoin, or why, is completely irrelevant. Bitcoin is open source, and clearly documented, and everybody can verify that it does what it's supposed to do
Bitcoin, if it were to gain mainstream adoption, would be the end of the NSA/CIA/governments/wars/etc.
I like your optimism but either you are joking or you are a dreamer. Bitcoin is not the ultimate cure for humanity flaws and problems.In fact bitcoin could be shut down quite easily, even decentralized nature of BTC could not help it when government decide to stop bitcoin revolution.
Imposing regulation which destroy bitcoin economy will be quite easy - all gov needs to do is regulate ASIC manufacturing.
One thing is for sure. Bitcoin is being clamped down on. In a major way. Coinbase just recently now requires under the FinCEN deal that you provide government issued ID; in addition to all the previous "requirements" which require a "wait" period now while they "background check" the ID provided.
This shouldn't be a surprise. There's no way the governments and authorities were just going to sit back and let people launder money through bitcoins and avoid paying taxes. Regulations shouldn't be feared but be seen as a part of the natural evolution of bitcoin going mainstream.
Conspiracy theories can be fun to think about, but How exactly would the NSA/CIA government etc got benefit from this?
Well the tech works now basically like it did back when the first few 100 blocks were mined. Not much has changed protocol wise.
Altcoins have certainly expanded the protocol into all sorts of uses; but the Bitcoin protocol has remained static.
Altcoins have certainly expanded the protocol into all sorts of uses; but the Bitcoin protocol has remained static.
The code is open-source who initially wrote it doesn't matter. what matters is how well the tech works, what properties it has, and how it evolves from here
One thing is for sure. Bitcoin is being clamped down on. In a major way. Coinbase just recently now requires under the FinCEN deal that you provide government issued ID; in addition to all the previous "requirements" which require a "wait" period now while they "background check" the ID provided.
Simply put without a doubt Bitcoin is going to become a lot more regulated... which may in fact drive up the price. People who hold bitcoins, knowing that in order to--- in the future buy more bitcoins--- will only be able to do so "on the books".... create a bit of a "hoarding" scenario.
Simply put without a doubt Bitcoin is going to become a lot more regulated... which may in fact drive up the price. People who hold bitcoins, knowing that in order to--- in the future buy more bitcoins--- will only be able to do so "on the books".... create a bit of a "hoarding" scenario.
He could be working for either of those two government organizations but I highly doubt it. If he is I would have to take my hat off in honor of one of the most well thought out operations I have ever known of. 
Could definitely be.
I think that whoever Satoshi Nakamoto is or was could be a group, who knows ?
just thanks be to him/they/ for this awesome Bitcoin
just thanks be to him/they/ for this awesome Bitcoin
What motivation would the NSA or CIA have to create an anonymous, decentralized digital currency?
It could be moreso a test of the technology, and something they would want to implement in the future to TRACK peoples purchases. It doesnt seem too far fetched, given how obsessed the US is with surveilance (they were even spying on their French "allies", some very high ups!)
eff that. Let's just speculate. Life is just more fun that way!!! Anyone got a meme to share?
bullshit I dont believe a shit about this because if it's open source how could they possibly control it? For 100% this coin isn't an cia/nsa or any other company project.
I'm sorry, but I couldn't even read the whole thing through without laughing. THe CIA/NSA is working for the US government who is trying to eliminate Bitcoin. It competes with their banking system and current economy, so why would the CIA/NSA invent something that is competition? They wouldn't.
That's not what Ben Bernanke (or however you spell his name) said on record. The chairman of the FED Reserve.
And here the proof in case you're wondering: It's in the first line of the article: http://qz.com/148399/ben-bernanke-bitcoin-may-hold-long-term-promise/
Now that ties in quite snug with the overall theory, which doesn't make it outlandish after all.
I'm sorry, but I couldn't even read the whole thing through without laughing. THe CIA/NSA is working for the US government who is trying to eliminate Bitcoin. It competes with their banking system and current economy, so why would the CIA/NSA invent something that is competition? They wouldn't.
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