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Quote from: TippingPoint on June 10, 2015, 03:14:15 PM

Quote from: owlcatz on June 10, 2015, 01:44:30 PM

... no one knows for sure. Let's hope it stays that way, for everyone's sake. Wink

How does "everyone" benefit from not knowing?

Does this scenario sound more mutually beneficial?

The creator of Bitcoin is self-identified after he has died (by him leaving a manifesto and proof). We get our George Washington (minus the wooden teeth and wig-wearing myths)

I meant that more along the lines of:

1. SN keeps his identity private as he/she/they obviously want.
2. I'm of the opinion that not knowing the identity keeps all those coins in check, so to speak - Do we really want Satoshi to cash out or leave his fortune to some kid or something, I mean that could happen anyhow, but the chances seem slimmer right now.

Of course, your scenario would be really cool for all in some ways, obviously it would lend a bit more legitimacy for skeptics etc, but again, what would be the primary benefit to all, or even Bitcoin itself, other than "Just knowing"? What about all those old coins/keys sitting on the chain? Who gets them? Are the private keys gone? Are they going to be cashing them out? This is where even more uncertainty comes in, so that's why I said "everyone". In hindsight, I suppose I should have said "stays that way for now".

sorry I replied too fast and missed this:

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Maybe he describes the inspiration process, creation and deployment events, why he walked away, and why so many early Bitcoins are unspent.

Yes, all that info would be amazing indeed, so many unanswered questions ...

Cheers. Wink

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Quote from: owlcatz on June 10, 2015, 01:44:30 PM

... no one knows for sure. Let's hope it stays that way, for everyone's sake. Wink

How does "everyone" benefit from not knowing?

Does this scenario sound more mutually beneficial?

The creator of Bitcoin is self-identified after he has died (by him leaving a manifesto and proof). We get our George Washington (minus the wooden teeth and wig-wearing myths). Maybe he describes the inspiration process, creation and deployment events, why he walked away, and why so many early Bitcoins are unspent.

Or we can just create various combinations of Jesus, Jack the Ripper, and the Babushka Lady.

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Quote from: evenlydistributingfuture on June 10, 2015, 01:14:55 PM

My vote would be for Nick Szabo, at least it definitely would be from among those choices.

The real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto is actually a pivotal concern for the mainstreaming of Bitcoin; if there is no founder found, people who know next to nothing about BTC have yet another very big reason not to buy into it. Having someone to serve as a figurehead of sorts does help.

It's kind of like being first among equals. People just need a face to go with a name.

Having a Bitcoin Foundation, even though it is not officially in charge of BTC or anyone working on it, lends some credibility to the BTC protocol.

Non-tech folks don't trust computer code; they need a human face on an invention. Until there's a person or group associated in public opinion with Bitcoin, going mainstream will be a problem.

Interesting theory, but highly unlikely - If Nick was Satoshi, why would he have dinner with the BTC core devs in March 2014 and allow his photo to be taken with them?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/36hfu4/pic_coredevs_having_dinner_with_nick_szabo/

I wouldn't be surprised if he had something to do with bitcoin, but I really doubt he is satoshi, but no one knows for sure. Let's hope it stays that way, for everyone's sake. Wink

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Which option would be best for Bitcoin?
Which option would be the worst for Bitcoin?
Which option is the most likely?
Which option is the least likely?

The creator of Bitcoin is never known. The early Bitcoins remain untouched
The creator of Bitcoin is never known. The early Bitcoins are eventually used in transactions
The creator of Bitcoin is self-identified while he is alive (by producing a statement and proof)
The creator of Bitcoin is self-identified after he has died (by him leaving a manifesto and proof)
The creator of Bitcoin is involuntarily identified while he is alive
The creator of Bitcoin is involuntarily identified after he has died

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My vote would be for Nick Szabo, at least it definitely would be from among those choices.

The real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto is actually a pivotal concern for the mainstreaming of Bitcoin; if there is no founder found, people who know next to nothing about BTC have yet another very big reason not to buy into it. Having someone to serve as a figurehead of sorts does help.

It's kind of like being first among equals. People just need a face to go with a name.

Having a Bitcoin Foundation, even though it is not officially in charge of BTC or anyone working on it, lends some credibility to the BTC protocol.

Non-tech folks don't trust computer code; they need a human face on an invention. Until there's a person or group associated in public opinion with Bitcoin, going mainstream will be a problem.

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Quote from: BitRod on June 09, 2015, 11:34:02 AM

Its more fun not knowing. The man can never be as powerful as the myth.

True, and not only for entertainment purposes, it's better for the coin that we know as little as possible from the author, otherwise it could be used to attack the coin itself. The less of satoshi's personality we know, the more neutral Bitcoin feels for the newspapers.

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Can i say Satoshi Nakamoto none of them Roll Eyes

Maybe he already died or just fake identity created by some kind of organization

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we will never know

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Quote from: moriartybitcoin on May 25, 2015, 08:02:46 PM

Who do you think is the REAL Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of Bitcoin?

when I first bitcoin know, I find out who made it and everyone says satoshi Nakamoto but until now the news was still confusing.
so I do not want to find it again, because it may be up whenever will never be revealed. only time will tell everything haha

Quote from: Muhammed Zakir on June 07, 2015, 06:44:07 AM

There is no Satoshi Nakamoto, the Bitcoin creator in this world anymore. He died in 2010 or 2011. Roll Eyes

haha whether there is a link about it?

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Quote from: moriartybitcoin on May 25, 2015, 08:02:46 PM

Who do you think is the REAL Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of Bitcoin?

haha the man is a mystery, at times i think he might be some college dude who did this amazing invention or he might be some old math and computer genius who has done this, he will be a mystery unless he wishes to come out and explain to the world who he is, which i think will not likely happen.

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Quote from: monsanto on June 09, 2015, 02:31:41 AM

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Satoshi Nakamoto is really a mystery. No one has seen or know who he really is. It could even possibly be a robot or an organization rather than an individual. I hope Satoshi comes out to the public one day.

sigh.

Yeah i also believing that he was alive so that all of bitcoin users tribute him for making bitcoin and helping for other.

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Quote from: BitRod on June 09, 2015, 11:34:02 AM

Its more fun not knowing. The man can never be as powerful as the myth.

My vote is for John Nash. That way they can make a sequel to "A Beautiful Mind" with Russell Crowe as Satoshi Nakamoto.

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Its more fun not knowing. The man can never be as powerful as the myth.

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..like bright metal on a sullen ground.

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Satoshi Nakamoto is really a mystery. No one has seen or know who he really is. It could even possibly be a robot or an organization rather than an individual. I hope Satoshi comes out to the public one day.

sigh.

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Satoshi Nakamoto is really a mystery. No one has seen or know who he really is. It could even possibly be a robot or an organization rather than an individual. I hope Satoshi comes out to the public one day.

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Quote from: SquallLeonhart on May 26, 2015, 01:32:19 AM

I am Satoshi Nakamoto Grin

come one mate there are already a lot of threads about guessing who is satoshi but no one know about him
no proofs, the only thing we know about him is Satoshi nakamoto is the person who created bitcoin

Satoshi Nakamoto is the founder of Bitcoin, he was impressed and attracted towards lot of analysts in this world, during the Julian Assange crisis, Santoshi Nakamoto last words is this " It would have been nice to get this attention in any other context. WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet's nest, and the swarm is headed towards us " after this Satoshi Nakamoto has been disappeared Sad

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Quote from: Muhammed Zakir on June 07, 2015, 06:44:07 AM

There is no Satoshi Nakamoto, the Bitcoin creator in this world anymore. He died in 2010 or 2011. Roll Eyes

We're on the same page. I'm also thinking that the persona behind Satoshi Nakamoto died a few years back (sickness/natural causes or killed by someone), though there are some people that I think is Satoshi (the EhVedadooAnonimato user here in bitcointalk, topic here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/i-am-90-sure-that-ehvedadooanonimato-is-satoshi-1062829).

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Quote from: Muhammed Zakir on June 07, 2015, 06:44:07 AM

There is no Satoshi Nakamoto, the Bitcoin creator in this world anymore. He died in 2010 or 2011. Roll Eyes

How can you say that? How you know this?

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I prefer Zakir over Muhammed when mentioning me!

There is no Satoshi Nakamoto, the Bitcoin creator in this world anymore. He died in 2010 or 2011. Roll Eyes

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Quote from: virtualx on June 07, 2015, 05:32:59 AM

Satoshi did not want his/her identity to be revealed and that's why it's most likely that he did not register another account. I am certain he is not in the first 50-100 accounts after he left. He was last active in December 13, 2010 and he has good reasons not to be active under his name anymore.

On the contrary, that is a better reason to create more accounts to take the heat off you. He might not be active under his name any more but nobody knows if he has alts. I think satoshi was a tor user so it would be easy to have alt accounts and I'm sure he did. Maybe he does maybe he doesn't and I guess we'll never know.

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