Does Satoshi hold any power? | Bitcointalksearch.org

andrewboy44

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Quote from: franky1 on November 28, 2013, 08:19:55 PM

satoshi put together principles of using Sha256, etc. but satoshi like anyone (currently) cannot crack sha256. all the code is there in plain view of it turning a random number into a sha256 hash and then a few extra bits, a checksum and then that becomes a private/public key.

but actually cracking the cryptography command.. no satoshi does not know how to do this

Thank you for the information and explanation!

franky1

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satoshi put together principles of using Sha256, etc. but satoshi like anyone (currently) cannot crack sha256. all the code is there in plain view of it turning a random number into a sha256 hash and then a few extra bits, a checksum and then that becomes a private/public key.

but actually cracking the cryptography command.. no satoshi does not know how to do this

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We don't believe so.

No cryptographer believes so.

He's not using the NIST curves that probably have backdoors. He's not using a curve he came up himself with that might have a backdoor of his own design.

So if he can "recover lost coins", it means there's something very important (and broken) that NOBODY BUT HIM knows about EC Curve encryption.

andrewboy44

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Warning... the following questions are probably stupid but I'm curious. Grin

Since Satoshi made btc does he know how to turn a btc address into a private key?

Does Satoshi have the power to rescue lost bitcoin?

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