I can't tell you how old he is. I swore to never tell. Obviously it isn't Vitalik. And it also isn't David Zimbeck, nor Charles Hoskinson, nor anyone from Bitshares.
I trust you'll keep us informed.
BTW, to everyone: I myself am uniformed with regard to the technical issues, but TPTB's description of his flash on inspiration - aftter a lot of work - rings true to me, at least in terms of how real inspiration-flashes come about. So to the extent to which the following is credible given my lack of technical expertise, I vouch for him.
The anonymity tech will be well explained for layman. I won't release some technobabble without clear explanations that you can explain to your teenage son.
If we proceed with this project, I think we will hold the explanation secret until very near to launch for obvious reasons that we would want first mover advantage.
I'll be composing a long post shortly to address your question about distribution.
Please note nothing has been fully negotiated yet. I am speaking hypothetically about potential deal that hasn't been signed yet. I am also working programming language design today which is another very deep technical topic, so my time is spread all over.
@Mr. Moore
I'm extremely interested in how you will solve the mining centralization issue that is destroying Bitcoin as we speak?
IMO this Bitcoin fork will redefine Bitcoin probably.
I will say something about this in my next post.