And he was able to stay silent for exactly 4 days. On December 17, 2010 a man named Peter Wuille created his bitcoin talk account. He is a member of the bitcoin development team and always has been. He arrived in the forum out of seemingly thin air and jumped right into the thick of things and has been there ever since.
That's not a very strong argument. 186 people joined Bitcointalk between December 10 and when Peter Wuille joined, and by your logic, any of those people could be satoshi. Furthermore, you are assuming that satoshi created an account
after he said goodbye. If he was planning on switching to a new account, it would also make sense that he created the new account
before his post, perhaps even months ahead of time.
You make some interesting points. However, if 186 people indeed joined during that time frame (where did you get that info?) I would argue that none have had the impact/influence on the project. None of them stepping into the forefront of development days after and still.
But I want to say that it’s only a hypothesis. I look at it as a mystery which is compelling, like a treasure hunt of sorts. Whoever is behind the username is a larger than life figure. I certainly didn’t mean any disrespect. I’m sorry if I offended anybody with my post. I can take it down if that’s so.
