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My impression is that Wright (may he or may he not be SN) wanted to be found.
clap clap good read butters
Snark aside, that line
is, in my opinion, our take-home message so far.
By itself, it doesn't exclude the possibility that Wright is Satoshi, but it
does add additional requirements on what counts as proof -- and what we've seen so far doesn't constitute that, imo.
Does he still have any github privileges? Maybe one of those fancy crypto-sig thingys?
If he takes the limelight and admits to being satoshi I'll want some confirmation in that direction.
If not, he either wants to be ignored or deserves to be ignored.
There's an alert function built into the Bitcoin core wallet for telling people about vital updates to the wallet. Alerts can only be made by signing them by a specific ECDSA key. Only a few people hold that key, and they include Satoshi Nakamoto, Gavin Andresen and theymos.
If Satoshi signed a message with that key, and both Gavin Andresen and theymos confirmed it wasn't them it would give confirmation of who he is.
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Alert_systemAlert message
Alerts are broadcast using the same TCP relay system as block and tx messages. They are not encoded in a special transaction. Unlike block and tx relaying, alerts are sent at the start of every new connection for as long as the alert is in effect. This ensures that everyone receives the alert.
Alerts contain this information:
How long to relay the alert.
How long to consider the alert valid.
An alert ID number.
A list of alerts that should be canceled upon receipt of this alert.
Exactly which versions of Bitcoin are affected by the alert. Unaffected versions still relay the alert for the benefit of older versions.
Alert priority.
The alert text.
Only alerts that are signed by a specific ECDSA public key are considered valid. The known private key holders are Satoshi Nakamoto, Gavin Andresen and theymos. There are other people able to issue alerts in the event of the incapacitation of the aforementioned.
