I think he just picked a common first name and last name from a country he likes. In this case japan, and mixed them.
I doubt there's anything behind the name, as he seems to value his privacy he wouldn't leave clues to trace his identity.
Topic: Is it possible Satoshi Nakamoto is an acroymn or neumonic? - page 2. (Read 2365 times)
S - System - Software
A - Against
T - Tyranny
O - On
S - Serious
H - Hyper
I - Inflation
N - No
A - Accepting
K - Kleptocracy
A - As
M - Method
O - Of
T - Transacting in
O - Open market operations
A - Against
T - Tyranny
O - On
S - Serious
H - Hyper
I - Inflation
N - No
A - Accepting
K - Kleptocracy
A - As
M - Method
O - Of
T - Transacting in
O - Open market operations
I think he just wanted people to build up conspiracies and theories behind the name. I think he's playing with us. I would like to know more details about him though.
I just think it's a pseudonym but maybe he picked it because of the meanings behind the name:
http://www.coindesk.com/information/who-is-satoshi-nakamoto/
“Satoshi” means “clear thinking, quick witted; wise”. “Naka” can mean “medium, inside, or relationship”. “Moto” can mean “origin”, or “foundation”. Those things would all apply to the person who founded a movement by designing a clever algorithm. The problem, of course, is that each word has multiple possible meanings.
http://www.coindesk.com/information/who-is-satoshi-nakamoto/
“Satoshi” means “clear thinking, quick witted; wise”. “Naka” can mean “medium, inside, or relationship”. “Moto” can mean “origin”, or “foundation”. Those things would all apply to the person who founded a movement by designing a clever algorithm. The problem, of course, is that each word has multiple possible meanings.
I tend to go with this. I believe it's a pseudonym but just one that a bit of thought went into to make it a bit more mysterious.
Satoshi Nakamoto = Thinking clearly inside the foundation (in Japanese)
Mind blown, I didn't actually think of that, it could be a possibility.
how about his name being a description of his work?
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this is the best one I've ever heard
how about his name being a description of his work?
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Haha I haven't seen that one before. I'm sure you could come up with many different conspiracies or connections if you spent some time on it.
lol franky, that might work too
how about his name being a description of his work?
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or his favorite consumer goods
Samsung Toshiba
more and more theories have already been thought out on maybe 100 threads already,
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or his favorite consumer goods
Samsung Toshiba
more and more theories have already been thought out on maybe 100 threads already,
Wow Brooker, you came up with that? Amazing, how that rhymes lol
I just think it's a pseudonym but maybe he picked it because of the meanings behind the name:
http://www.coindesk.com/information/who-is-satoshi-nakamoto/
“Satoshi” means “clear thinking, quick witted; wise”. “Naka” can mean “medium, inside, or relationship”. “Moto” can mean “origin”, or “foundation”. Those things would all apply to the person who founded a movement by designing a clever algorithm. The problem, of course, is that each word has multiple possible meanings.
http://www.coindesk.com/information/who-is-satoshi-nakamoto/
“Satoshi” means “clear thinking, quick witted; wise”. “Naka” can mean “medium, inside, or relationship”. “Moto” can mean “origin”, or “foundation”. Those things would all apply to the person who founded a movement by designing a clever algorithm. The problem, of course, is that each word has multiple possible meanings.
That SAmsung, TOSHIba, NAKAmichi, and MOTOrola thing is cool, but again I just think people are looking too much into what is just a name.
or it could be his real name hahaha
What about this:
I'm inclined to lean toward the following reason:
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/11/mf_bitcoin/
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/11/mf_bitcoin/
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When they weren’t busy mining, the faithful tried to solve the mystery of the man they called simply Satoshi. On a bitcoin IRC channel, someone noted portentously that in Japanese Satoshi means “wise.” Someone else wondered whether the name might be a sly portmanteau of four tech companies: SAmsung, TOSHIba, NAKAmichi, and MOTOrola. It seemed doubtful that Nakamoto was even Japanese. His English had the flawless, idiomatic ring of a native speaker.
It could be an acronym or something but I think people are looking too much into what is probably just a pseudonym he picked.
satoshi is a common japanese name
he wanted anonymity so that would be a good name to use
he wanted anonymity so that would be a good name to use
I don't think we will ever know who Satoshi is.. At least he/she/they want to tell. I personally believe Satoshi is a group of people, but there is a leader who posted the questions, etc at the beginning. What would be interesting to find out is if the person that posted here as Satoshi, did it come from one ip address? or from one area?
I think its going to be a mystery for a very long time...
I think its going to be a mystery for a very long time...
I've seen a few posts about early emails on systems like bitcoin (Like hashcash) and am trying to bring up could satoshi possibly be the names of the people who satoshi based bitcoin off of? Obviously he was aware of these people's work, could he of used tricks they used and included a letter of their name in the alias?
For those of you who don't know what an acronym is
S- Sander (or Szabo)
A- Adam Back
T- Ta-Shma
O- xxxxx (Orange)
S- Szabo (or Sander)
H- xxxxxx (Happy)
I- xxxxxx (Igloo)
I don't know any more so I can't fill it out, maybe you can?
Emails that brought up the question:
marc.info/?l=cypherpunks&m=95280154629925&w=4
marc.info/?l=cypherpunks&m=95280154629912&w=2
There are more on that page, also use your own knowledge.
Anyway, enjoy your day. Just thought I'd bring something that'll keep you busy for the rest of your life.
EDIT: I DIDN'T MAKE THIS CLEAR, THE PEOPLES WHOS NAME ARE IN THAT ACRONYM ABOVE ARE ALL PEOPLE WHO'VE DONE WORK ON CRYPTOSYSTEMS LIKE BITCOIN.
For those of you who don't know what an acronym is
S- Sander (or Szabo)
A- Adam Back
T- Ta-Shma
O- xxxxx (Orange)
S- Szabo (or Sander)
H- xxxxxx (Happy)
I- xxxxxx (Igloo)
I don't know any more so I can't fill it out, maybe you can?
Emails that brought up the question:
marc.info/?l=cypherpunks&m=95280154629925&w=4
marc.info/?l=cypherpunks&m=95280154629912&w=2
There are more on that page, also use your own knowledge.
Anyway, enjoy your day. Just thought I'd bring something that'll keep you busy for the rest of your life.
EDIT: I DIDN'T MAKE THIS CLEAR, THE PEOPLES WHOS NAME ARE IN THAT ACRONYM ABOVE ARE ALL PEOPLE WHO'VE DONE WORK ON CRYPTOSYSTEMS LIKE BITCOIN.
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