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Topic: Crowdfunding for Satoshi to reveal himself (Read 2783 times)

full member
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January 19, 2013, 02:13:46 PM
#36
A Nobel Prize in Economics is much better than money as incentive for Satoshi to reveal himself

So let's begin to use the donation to promote awareness in economics circle? Smiley
sr. member
Activity: 440
Merit: 251
January 17, 2013, 05:55:45 PM
#35
You still haven't figured it out?

http://www.weidai.com/bmoney.txt


This has already been discussed and it's not Wei Dai.

Methinks the lady doth protest too much.
sr. member
Activity: 504
Merit: 250
January 17, 2013, 05:34:30 PM
#34
You still haven't figured it out?

http://www.weidai.com/bmoney.txt


His address seems too recent and low on funds... http://blockchain.info/address/1AkqxLJn8H6Cg5VAaYijzj7hQUSeM2LJ3r?sort=1

At least someone who had a similar idea without puting it in practice sees Bitcoins' value intead of being jealous because someone else did it. Or maybe... Grin

I googled around about Wei Dei and his "bmoney" idea is quite complete. The proof of work principle is the later addition by Satoshi. So if it's him, he just made up an alias and added the last detail? Why not just publishing the proof of work idea as Wei Dei and then start with the white paper under the alias? Unless he believed that giving the impression of two different people was clever.
legendary
Activity: 1358
Merit: 1002
January 17, 2013, 04:58:12 PM
#33
You still haven't figured it out?

http://www.weidai.com/bmoney.txt


His address seems too recent and low on funds... http://blockchain.info/address/1AkqxLJn8H6Cg5VAaYijzj7hQUSeM2LJ3r?sort=1

At least someone who had a similar idea without puting it in practice sees Bitcoins' value intead of being jealous because someone else did it. Or maybe... Grin
sr. member
Activity: 476
Merit: 250
January 17, 2013, 04:26:34 PM
#32
Just no way for him to reveal his identity.

The small group of early adopter hold together at least 1M
I bet satoshi holds 250K buried 15 feets under is garden.

It will never be safe, nor his family
$5M just on a private key... (or 10 ok)

In 5 years maybe, with a better security or a better BTC legitimacy.

legendary
Activity: 3598
Merit: 2386
Viva Ut Vivas
January 17, 2013, 03:57:36 PM
#31
I believe that Satoshi staying anonymous is the best thing for Bitcoin and likely best for Satoshi.


Sometimes when someone has a great idea and you cannot beat the idea, it is easier to attack the character of the person who had the idea.

"You use Bitcoin? You do know that the creator is a huge racist/homophobe/anti-semite/pervert/ don't you?"

MLK - womanizer
Mohammad - pedophile
Ron Paul - racist
Thomas Jefferson - slave owner
etc...

one heck of a random group of people there.....

Just people I could think of off the top of my who had an idea or principles that were attacked not on the beliefs but on the person's character.
legendary
Activity: 1304
Merit: 1015
January 17, 2013, 03:25:55 PM
#30
You still haven't figured it out?

http://www.weidai.com/bmoney.txt


This has already been discussed and it's not Wei Dai.
sr. member
Activity: 440
Merit: 251
January 17, 2013, 03:25:16 PM
#29
You still haven't figured it out?

http://www.weidai.com/bmoney.txt
donator
Activity: 1218
Merit: 1015
January 17, 2013, 03:22:34 AM
#28
If Satoshi were willing to reveal himself for money, wouldn't it make more sense for him to just cash out his holdings?

Anyway, if Satoshi came back, he'd probably end up with the SCAMMER tag because of some obscure bug two years ago which caused loss of 6,000BTC which Satoshi refuses to pay for.
member
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January 17, 2013, 03:10:53 AM
#27
Leave the Prophet alone
legendary
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Merit: 1111
January 16, 2013, 09:37:20 PM
#26
A Nobel Prize in Economics is much better than money as incentive for Satoshi to reveal himself
legendary
Activity: 1204
Merit: 1002
RUM AND CARROTS: A PIRATE LIFE FOR ME
January 16, 2013, 06:56:50 PM
#25
I believe that Satoshi staying anonymous is the best thing for Bitcoin and likely best for Satoshi.


Sometimes when someone has a great idea and you cannot beat the idea, it is easier to attack the character of the person who had the idea.

"You use Bitcoin? You do know that the creator is a huge racist/homophobe/anti-semite/pervert/ don't you?"

MLK - womanizer
Mohammad - pedophile
Ron Paul - racist
Thomas Jefferson - slave owner
etc...

one heck of a random group of people there.....
hero member
Activity: 952
Merit: 1009
January 16, 2013, 04:18:12 PM
#24
I think that money could be better used to find out who the federal reserve board members are,

http://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/default.htm

Please remit the moneys to the adress below.
legendary
Activity: 1540
Merit: 1000
January 16, 2013, 04:10:29 PM
#23
I think that money could be better used to find out who the federal reserve board members are, all Satoshi did was create a digital currency, this person is hardly the terrifying threat people scream about I don't think, then again, who knows? But it's not like I've seen anything hugely evil come out of Bitcoin, unless of course he's a hacking master and somehow planted a super secret virus that's going to take over everyones computers.
sr. member
Activity: 504
Merit: 250
January 16, 2013, 02:08:45 PM
#22
Satoshi won't reveal himself until our present catches up with his future. Think - if you could travel back in time and needed a system to guarantee you were crazy rich when you returned, Bitcoin would be exactly the system you'd end up with! No startup capital required as an initial investment, no reliance on governments that could take a dive, no inflation, or tax issues, or anything! Just mine a few blocks, help the project get started, and get enough people hooked... then return back to the future famous and super wealthy. Hats off, future Satoshi, who is probably reading this post in the archives, it worked. Grin

So if Satoshi returns before he cashes out his coins, something has gone wrong in the future and his is back to fix it?

He could also just buy Intel stock in the 30'es when they made mechanical calculators at $8.

legendary
Activity: 1204
Merit: 1002
RUM AND CARROTS: A PIRATE LIFE FOR ME
January 16, 2013, 01:40:31 PM
#21
oh my brain, it hurts!
member
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1h79nc
January 15, 2013, 10:47:31 PM
#20
Satoshi won't reveal himself until our present catches up with him in the future. Think - if you could travel back in time and needed a system to guarantee you were crazy rich when you returned, Bitcoin would be exactly the system you'd end up with! No startup capital required as an initial investment, no reliance on governments that could take a dive, no inflation, or tax issues, or anything! Just mine a few blocks, help the project get started, and get enough people hooked... then return back to the future famous and super wealthy. Hats off, future Satoshi, who is probably reading this post in the archives, it worked. Grin
legendary
Activity: 3598
Merit: 2386
Viva Ut Vivas
January 15, 2013, 06:10:19 PM
#19
I believe that Satoshi staying anonymous is the best thing for Bitcoin and likely best for Satoshi.


Sometimes when someone has a great idea and you cannot beat the idea, it is easier to attack the character of the person who had the idea.

"You use Bitcoin? You do know that the creator is a huge racist/homophobe/anti-semite/pervert/ don't you?"

MLK - womanizer
Mohammad - pedophile
Ron Paul - racist
Thomas Jefferson - slave owner
etc...
hero member
Activity: 756
Merit: 501
There is more to Bitcoin than bitcoins.
January 15, 2013, 04:29:57 PM
#18
What do you think of the idea?
How much money do you think could be raised?
Are there any technical difficulties?
Why would you spend time and money trying to collect funds and offering them to a person or persons who chose to remain unknown and move on with their lives?

Why don't you plant a tree, test the next release of the Bitcoin Client, help translate MultiBit, or donate to Bitcoin100? Or donate coins to archive.org?
hero member
Activity: 868
Merit: 1000
January 15, 2013, 04:22:41 PM
#17
There's no Satoshi. He's gone.
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