The first thing Satoshi will have to do after announcing he is Satoshi is pay a bunch of income tax on his genesis coins.
Block 32485 was mined 2009-12-31 23:51:57. and a total of 1,624,250 BTC existed then, with only 27% moved. Somebody(s) in the small circle of early miners has kept ~1.2M BTC which is currently worth $135,360,000.00 USD
Topic: Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? - page 109. (Read 142981 times)
it is amusing that so many people think that satoshi must be some 'famous' figure, as if the talent pool to assemble bitcoin's technologies was so small. that is a strange application of the availability heuristic and obviously an irrational guess. the world is big. nobody, when encountering emule or bittorrent, said 'this must have been created by someone i've heard of' - and they wouldn't have done even if the creators of those platforms had been anonymous.
actually, the more remarkable features of bitcoin's development are its creativity and its sensitive use of various arbitrary constants that turned out to fit reality exceptionally well. perhaps some of that was a lucky accident, but it bears noting that several choices satoshi made turned out to be very good ones.
it's very likely satoshi was unknown - a quant developer with significant systems experience at some city financial firm. it is also possible that he has some experience, and was known to, those in some corners of the open-source-software world. past experience with distributed systems and security would make candidates more likely. he was not a crypto expert, which you can tell from reading his postings carefully. (he was knowledgeable in the use of crypto but not its development.) he was clearly not an attention seeker, which indeed makes the 'famous' candidates absurdly unlikely.
actually, the more remarkable features of bitcoin's development are its creativity and its sensitive use of various arbitrary constants that turned out to fit reality exceptionally well. perhaps some of that was a lucky accident, but it bears noting that several choices satoshi made turned out to be very good ones.
it's very likely satoshi was unknown - a quant developer with significant systems experience at some city financial firm. it is also possible that he has some experience, and was known to, those in some corners of the open-source-software world. past experience with distributed systems and security would make candidates more likely. he was not a crypto expert, which you can tell from reading his postings carefully. (he was knowledgeable in the use of crypto but not its development.) he was clearly not an attention seeker, which indeed makes the 'famous' candidates absurdly unlikely.
In all seriousness, it might be Max Keiser.
Though he personally denies it. I know he's a clever kinda finance techy guy, but is it possible he's not quite that clever? 'Cause Satoshi's a phreaking genius of Turingesque proportions, and Bitcoin is one of the biggest spit stirrers since JFK's red bills.
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In all seriousness, it might be Max Keiser.
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In all seriousness, it might be Max Keiser.
Al Gore is Satoshi.
By the way, as anyone ever suggested Satoshi makes a AMA on reddit?
If he really wants to stay anonymous, I guess he could use ToR.
I have a guess as to where he was on a particular weekend last millennium...
Please, no more hints, otherwise the surprise slated to be revealed at Bitcoin2013 will be all in vain.
Gareth Williams
We will know who Satoshi Nakamoto is the day he chooses to reveal himself (for example, by revealing the private key that can redeem the generation transaction from the genesis block). Until that happens, all we can do is guess - and we won't know if we are right.
He wouldn't even need to reveal his actual private key, just use it to sign a message saying "here I am." So long as the public key in the signature hashes to the address that received the genesis block reward, then Q.E.D.
Simple answer: Chuck Norris...
I have a guess as to where he was on a particular weekend last millennium...
He's Bill Murray, but no one ever believes it.
Could it really be him?
http://www.linkedin.com/in/satoshinakamoto
and links to
https://www.facebook.com/satoshi.nakamoto
http://www.linkedin.com/in/satoshinakamoto
and links to
https://www.facebook.com/satoshi.nakamoto
It could be, but probably not.
Could it really be him?
http://www.linkedin.com/in/satoshinakamoto
and links to
https://www.facebook.com/satoshi.nakamoto
http://www.linkedin.com/in/satoshinakamoto
and links to
https://www.facebook.com/satoshi.nakamoto
Anything bitcoin related that is shrouded in mystery can be an intriguing subject and a great way to bring up cryptocurrency at any party.
I know who Satoshi is about as well as the next guy does.
I do, however, have a theory that he could be Phil Zimmerman of PGP fame. But he probably isn't.
I do, however, have a theory that he could be Phil Zimmerman of PGP fame. But he probably isn't.
Thank you, wise sage.
its jed mccaleb probably
I know who Satoshi is about as well as the next guy does.
I do, however, have a theory that he could be Phil Zimmerman of PGP fame. But he probably isn't.
I do, however, have a theory that he could be Phil Zimmerman of PGP fame. But he probably isn't.
Note: When I first joined this forum I made a post in the Newbie thread, "Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?". Since this thread has the same title I'll repeat my post here because it's relevant.
There is even a reference to low earth orbit debris that might give some kind of geo positional location.
Originally posted in the Newbie thread: Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?
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My bet is that he/she is just a middle aged American with a anime fetish or so
I can see your perspective. Quote
Oshi, which means “Push,” is inspired by a Japanese legend in which the Goddess Amaterasu gifted the first Japanese emperor with her ancient wisdom, in the form of a game. The game is said to have taught the emperor and his court to temper their influence and power with caution.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/23935/oshiThere is even a reference to low earth orbit debris that might give some kind of geo positional location.
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because government can make the law against bitcoins, when it become enough popular that government become crazy about hidden money (unpaid taxes), and satoshi can finish in the prison or he can be hunted by police.
Maybe Bitcoins were created because the enforcement of Laws were unjust already.Originally posted in the Newbie thread: Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?
We will know who Satoshi Nakamoto is the day he chooses to reveal himself (for example, by revealing the private key that can redeem the generation transaction from the genesis block). Until that happens, all we can do is guess - and we won't know if we are right.
somehow i think the percieved value of those first 50 bitcoins is much higher than $5 per btc.
Just a thought.
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