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Topic: What if someone claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto? - page 2. (Read 4125 times)

newbie
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Then I would congratulate him for a very well done job.
member
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He hasn't come forward before, why would he now? Money obviously isn't a thing for him or he probably would have dumped his coins when they were 1k each. If he did want to come out into the spotlight then he would have so much media attention that he wouldn't be able to live a normal life. You never know, he may be a 30 year old genius living a normal life with a family and two kids in the suburbs Tongue.
full member
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sign his PGP key or prove that he owns the wallet with 1 million bitcoins.

Even the real one is nothing if he lost his wallet Tongue
Even when satashi left the forum the coins that he had mined were worth a good chunk of change, at least several thousand dollars. For this reason, I highly doubt that he would have lost his wallet.

He would also actually more likely use his PGP key to verify his identity, which also (IMO) has a low chance of being lost by satashi
member
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sign his PGP key or prove that he owns the wallet with 1 million bitcoins.

Even the real one is nothing if he lost his wallet Tongue
sr. member
Activity: 434
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If he wants to be fcked up the government then stay hidden.

Yeah, govt will get in his way and get all his hard earned money.

It depends on if he can buy up the government.
newbie
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If he wants to be fcked up the government then stay hidden.

Yeah, govt will get in his way and get all his hard earned money.
newbie
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If he wants to be fcked up the government then stay hidden.
member
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This question may be asked earlier but how would we verify that person is telling the truth?

He will never divulge who he is. Ever. That if he wants to stay anonymous and transact anonymously.
newbie
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Have you found anyone who has claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto?
newbie
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Nobody could fake Satoshi Nakamoto identity, we know his pubblic addresses.
sr. member
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If someone pushes it too far with the identity suplantation im pretty sure that Satoshi himself will come back and make a post about it (unless he is dead obviously ...)
legendary
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find an original Satoshi's address
then sign it
so we can verify if you really Satoshi.

But I think Satoshi will not show up again.
If somebody claim as Satoshi than he must work really hard to convince people
full member
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sign his PGP key or prove that he owns the wallet with 1 million bitcoins.

There is a 1 million btc wallet  Shocked Shocked ??
No. Well maybe, but not in that it only contains one address. The estimated one million bitcoin that satoshi owns is split up into several thousand addresses.

no http://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html

but you're right.
I think he was saying that a single "wallet" like a multibit wallet or a blockchain.info wallet would contain the keys to all the addresses that contain the million bitcoin. (I would assume that the wallet would actually be a QT wallet)
hero member
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Bitcoin network is so decentralized. What some Satoshi claim-to-be can do is trivial.
legendary
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Trusted Bitcoiner
sign his PGP key or prove that he owns the wallet with 1 million bitcoins.

There is a 1 million btc wallet  Shocked Shocked ??
No. Well maybe, but not in that it only contains one address. The estimated one million bitcoin that satoshi owns is split up into several thousand addresses.

no http://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html

but you're right.
hero member
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Evolution is the only way to survive
 if someone claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto then he would be taken as a stupid troll in this forum  Grin
newbie
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Satoshi had public profiles and several ways to prove it was him, wouldnt work for the imposter.
hero member
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sign his PGP key or prove that he owns the wallet with 1 million bitcoins.

There is a 1 million btc wallet  Shocked Shocked ??

no.. he has like few hundred thousands of wallets with 50 btc in each... if i recall correctly.

So, what if he lost his private key? I mean, personally, i've lost a few keys in my life  and i had to update all my boxers with my new public key. Shit happens.
If that happens, i guess we can never really be sure who satoshi is .
AGD
legendary
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Keeper of the Private Key
Possible, but very unlikely.
Anyway, if someone claims to be him and has no proof, noone should ever believe him.
newbie
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Probably he has lost his private keys so there will be no proof.
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