Is Satoshi actually Richard Stallman? - page 2.

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Satoshi Nakamoto is not Richard Stallman and this is why:

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Bitcoin v0.1 released

Satoshi Nakamoto Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:05:49 -0800

Announcing the first release of Bitcoin, a new electronic cash
system that uses a peer-to-peer network to prevent double-spending.
It's completely decentralized with no server or central authority.

See bitcoin.org for screenshots.

Download link:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/bitcoin/bitcoin-0.1.0.rar

Windows only for now. Open source C++ code is included.

- Unpack the files into a directory
- Run BITCOIN.EXE
- It automatically connects to other nodes ...

Bold my emphasis. from http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg10142.html

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Quote from: kgo on September 07, 2011, 07:34:40 PM

Stallman is the last person who'd hide behind a pseudonym. If he believed in it, he'd gladly put his name on it, and deal with the courts if necessary.

What if he didn't act anonymously to protect himself, but because he came to the conclusion that Bitcoin could not succeed any other way?

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Jesus Christ, how have you guys not realized that Satoshi is Gavin Andresen. And Satoshi Nakamoto is just his edgy sounding nickname.

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Quote from: kgo on September 07, 2011, 07:34:40 PM

Stallman is the last person who'd hide behind a pseudonym. If he believed in it, he'd gladly put his name on it, and deal with the courts if necessary.

This.

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Quote from: rotrott on September 08, 2011, 09:28:54 AM

I thought Bruce Schneier more than Richard...he does have a section on sending money using cryptography in Applied Cryptography.

I actually emailed both Eric Raymond and Bruce Schneider about bitcoin. IIRC, Eric Raymond denied being Satoshi, yet thought the concept of bitcoin was interesting. Bruce Schneider merely responded to note that he was aware of bitcoin, but offered no opinion on the system. This was about two years ago.

BTW, Bruce Schneier did not deny being Satoshi in his response; and as far as I know, has not really commented publicly on Bitcoin except for a couple of minor posts last year to imply that he didn't understand it, which I don't believe.

If Satoshi is any one person, and is already even moderately famous for his existing skillset (and a man, which is also quite an assumption) then Bruce Schneier is still high on my list.

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WTF???

Quote from: jjiimm_64 on February 06, 2013, 01:27:59 PM

Quote from: ?? on ??

Quote from: BlackLilac Jordan on February 06, 2013, 11:22:38 AM

Quote from: wtfvanity on February 06, 2013, 10:37:37 AM

Quote from: tjohej on February 06, 2013, 10:34:53 AM

Quote from: bitrebel on September 07, 2011, 07:28:08 PM

Couldn't be. He's not Japanese. Cheesy

Seriously, this should not be limited to any one in particular. I would use the pseudonym Cheese Salad, would that necessarily mean that I am a salad?

Congratulations. You just resurrected an 18 month old thread.

...by misunderstanding a sarcastic post, none the less.

Win/win!

...by misunderstanding a sarcastic post, none the less.

lol

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Quote from: ?? on ??

Quote from: BlackLilac Jordan on February 06, 2013, 11:22:38 AM

Quote from: wtfvanity on February 06, 2013, 10:37:37 AM

Quote from: tjohej on February 06, 2013, 10:34:53 AM

Quote from: bitrebel on September 07, 2011, 07:28:08 PM

Couldn't be. He's not Japanese. Cheesy

Seriously, this should not be limited to any one in particular. I would use the pseudonym Cheese Salad, would that necessarily mean that I am a salad?

Congratulations. You just resurrected an 18 month old thread.

...by misunderstanding a sarcastic post, none the less.

Win/win!

...by misunderstanding a sarcastic post, none the less.

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Hell no, Stallman is quite misguided when it comes to economics. He actually proposed that businesses should be taxed ever increasing amounts as they grow in size, to disincentivize "too big to fail." While I think he has a lot of useful things to say about copyright and patents, it is clear that he's a Statist and at odds with the Bitcoin philosophy.

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Quote from: wtfvanity on February 06, 2013, 10:37:37 AM

Quote from: tjohej on February 06, 2013, 10:34:53 AM

Quote from: bitrebel on September 07, 2011, 07:28:08 PM

Couldn't be. He's not Japanese. Cheesy

Seriously, this should not be limited to any one in particular. I would use the pseudonym Cheese Salad, would that necessarily mean that I am a salad?

Congratulations. You just resurrected an 18 month old thread.

...by misunderstanding a sarcastic post, none the less.

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Quote from: muyuu on February 06, 2013, 10:40:11 AM

I met Stallman in the London conference and he was quite clueless about bitcoin as a whole.

I doubt he's such a good actor.

This is my conclusion too after I heard him talking about BTC.

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Let's talk governance, lipstick, and pigs.

Remember, when you point your finger at someone, three fingers point back at you. Besides, his exposure may lead to danger and he may have a family to consider. Think of the children! And in the final analysis, isn't there a little Satoshi in all of us? Grin

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I met Stallman in the London conference and he was quite clueless about bitcoin as a whole.

I doubt he's such a good actor.

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WTF???

Quote from: tjohej on February 06, 2013, 10:34:53 AM

Quote from: bitrebel on September 07, 2011, 07:28:08 PM

Couldn't be. He's not Japanese. Cheesy

Seriously, this should not be limited to any one in particular. I would use the pseudonym Cheese Salad, would that necessarily mean that I am a salad?

Congratulations. You just resurrected an 18 month old thread.

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Quote from: bitrebel on September 07, 2011, 07:28:08 PM

Couldn't be. He's not Japanese. Cheesy

Seriously, this should not be limited to any one in particular. I would use the pseudonym Cheese Salad, would that necessarily mean that I am a salad?

JeffK

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I never hashed for this...

Given the general nature of the people on these forums, I'd be far more inclined to guess Satoshi is Eric S Raymond

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I thought Bruce Schneier more than Richard...he does have a section on sending money using cryptography in Applied Cryptography.

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Let the chips fall where they may.

Quote from: todu on September 07, 2011, 11:33:01 PM

Quote from: Phinnaeus Gage on September 07, 2011, 10:57:10 PM

Quote from: todu on September 07, 2011, 10:43:18 PM

Correlation does not mean causation. A Google search for "Richard Stallman" porn returns 290,000 results, none of which stars Richard as the porn star. According to your logic, it should be about twice as likely that Richard is a porn star than that he is Satoshi.

Surely, you don't think that I didn't know that. Hence the question. With so many results, where do should we start?

You already knew "Richard Stallman" porn returns 290,000 results?

P.S.

Just trolling with you. No suggestion intended.

Well todu apparently checked every one of those results for a guest appearance from RMS Wink

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Quote from: Phinnaeus Gage on September 07, 2011, 10:57:10 PM

Quote from: todu on September 07, 2011, 10:43:18 PM

Quote from: Phinnaeus Gage on September 07, 2011, 10:25:41 PM

Quote from: MoonShadow on September 07, 2011, 09:49:04 PM

Quote from: NF6X on September 07, 2011, 07:26:42 PM

Nah, he was speaking in very general terms about some way to send money, quickly, easily and anonymously to content creators. That's not far off from what he's been evangelizing for decades, so I see no significance in his mentioning it at any particular time in 2009.

Has RMS made any public comments about Bitcoin? In light of his past commentaries, he should have something notable to say about Bitcoin. If his public mentions of such cryptocurrency ideas cease after Bitcoin's metoric rise around October 2010, about the same time that Satoshi disappeared, this might be a significant link.

Where do you want to start? "Richard Stallman" bitcoin --> http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=%22Richard+Stallman%22+bitcoin About 132,000 results

Correlation does not mean causation. A Google search for "Richard Stallman" porn returns 290,000 results, none of which stars Richard as the porn star. According to your logic, it should be about twice as likely that Richard is a porn star than that he is Satoshi.

Surely, you don't think that I didn't know that. Hence the question. With so many results, where do should we start?

You already knew "Richard Stallman" porn returns 290,000 results?

P.S.

Just trolling with you. No suggestion intended.

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Quote from: Bitcoin Oz on September 07, 2011, 11:24:36 PM

A search of the term "Richard Stallman" satoshi gives 34 000 results.

33 999 of which are the bitcoin forum blowing hot air.

Cheesy

SA in the house?

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Wat

A search of the term "Richard Stallman" satoshi gives 34 000 results.

33 999 of which are the bitcoin forum blowing hot air.

Cheesy

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