Who is Satoshi Nakamoto and why does he hide in the shadows?

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Quote from: Netnox on August 29, 2017, 10:35:09 AM

Craig Steven Wright once said that if he proves that he is the real Satoshi, then what happened to Ross Ulbricht may happen to him as well. He may be arrested by the FBI and thrown behind bars for the rest of his life. I am not saying that Wright is the Satoshi, but this could be one of the reasons.

I do not understand why he was punished, but he has provided many benefits by creating digital money. I've heard that satoshi is Japanese, so far there's no proof of that.
If at this time he is still there maybe he is the richest man and can beat bill gates as the richest man on earth.

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Craig Steven Wright once said that if he proves that he is the real Satoshi, then what happened to Ross Ulbricht may happen to him as well. He may be arrested by the FBI and thrown behind bars for the rest of his life. I am not saying that Wright is the Satoshi, but this could be one of the reasons.

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Satoshi Nakamoto made Bitcoins. So he was hiding because he could be killed or imprisoned. Because he made as much money as he could. And that's the interest of the government or any other person. That is behind investigate the true noble of the so-called Bitcoins Creator. (Satoshi Nakamoto)

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Satoshi Nakamoto is a term used by an unknown person and is a bitcoin designer and the result of its original application refers to Bitcoin Core.

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Quote from: williamuk on July 21, 2017, 01:55:49 PM

I think Satoshi Nakamoto is worth 100X more as a myth or legend

Business prima donas are a dime a dozen these days, but there is only ONE Satoshi Grin

Yes there is only one Satoshi he is might doing great business than other as you said. But your words were hard to understand hardly got some of them that's interesting to reply you so yes he is a business man if he came to the world without privacy then the world we will start annoying him to stop bitcoins around the world so that's the reason. But yes he is the one only great person.

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Quote from: ChinkyEyes on July 21, 2017, 06:41:12 PM

Mystery is great for hyping something. Look at those Djs who don't show their face or those magicians with masks.

I think the reason satoshi hid his identity is a lot more profound than he just wanted to be cool, it is possible he could foresee what it is happening right now, and maybe he thought that governments will try to look for him and try to charge him and prosecute him.

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Quote from: krishnapramod on July 21, 2017, 03:57:50 AM

Quote from: satoshi on December 11, 2010, 06:39:16 PM

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.

This is one of the last posts made by Satoshi Nakamoto on this forum, https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.29280

From the very beginning itself Satoshi tried to remain as anonymous as possible. Now around 2010, Bitcoin wasn't as popular as today, but still being the creator Satoshi knew it had a huge potential and when WikiLeaks started accepting Bitcoin Satoshi might have realized that:

1. Bitcoin getting attention from WikiLeaks might possibly endanger his anonymity.

2. Bitcoin could also be used for illegal purposes thus not only jeopardizing his privacy/anonymity for being the creator of such a currency, but might also get him into legal trouble.

If he wasn't anonymous the Feds would have charged and locked him up for creating a currency which could be used for illegal purposes.

We don't know exactly how many bitcoins does Satoshi owns, but it definitely would be a substantial amount. If he wasn't anonymous then this amount does possess a threat to not only his life, but also his family's.

Satoshi, be it He/She/Or a group are enjoying their anonymous freedom, let them enjoy it.

When a person wants to hide from the world he is rather smart or he is afraid of some one who is considered to be a powerful person that would ruin the future of his invention of his Bitcoin and maybe even his family as well. Bitcoin founder/founders have been hiding even when bitcoin crossed 2500$ last month,the founder/s are may be hiding for a reason that no one knows and they know that it would cost something that they don't wanna lose. Also people state that illegal transactions take place with the help of Bitcoin, so the identity reveal would lead to legal consequences.

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Satoshi Nakamoto up to now still unknown to anyone. All bitcoin enthusiast knew this things as a founder and creator of bitcoin and more than that no one knows where He is? is He still alive? or what? and none of the bitcoin experts don't know the reason why He hide himself as a founder of bitcoin, all topic and discussion about Him was still a speculations.

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The popularity of this capital. I don't know people who voluntarily give up the money. All this has me concerned. I think that Nakamoto does not exist or is such a person that his participation in this project may serve as an anti-advertising.

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Quote from: TheGodson on July 21, 2017, 02:41:50 AM

1) He is someone who doesn't want to be in the spotlight, because he enjoys his anonymity.[/b]

He wants to stay anonymous and he's supporting bitcoin's characteristic on how he wants to remain unknown.

Quote from: TheGodson on July 21, 2017, 02:41:50 AM

2) His actual identity could ruin the reputation of Bitcoin.

I don't think that reputation of bitcoin could be ruined when he starts to show who he is really is or who really "they" are.

Quote from: TheGodson on July 21, 2017, 02:41:50 AM

3) Satoshi is a showman and did this to build up suspense for his grand entrance.

I'm not even thinking that he's going to show himself in future.

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He made an innovation and the same time if he hasn't hidden his identity surely the entire bitcoin network might be functioning as a centralized system. Maybe to avoid such scenario he might have chosen to stay as hidden identity. Also if he has come to the light, the pressure as well the media impact over the personality might create a negative feedback towards virtual currency.

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For those saying Satoshi is not any one person, I think you are wrong. If you read his posts they have a certain language pattern. I noticed he wrote "I'll gladly eat crow". He also used another metaphor about kicking the hornet's nest. That seems like something someone would say from an older generation. I've never heard of people talking about eating crow. I did some google searching and discovered that the crow expression dates back to the civil war where an American captive was forced to eat crow. I'm guessing that Satoshi Nakamoto is an American Male over 40 years of age.

If I ever do, by some off-chance miracle, discover the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, I believe I will keep it a secret. Since that is his wish, I will respect it.

Satoshi Nakamoto is kind of like Santa Clause. We all know that we are suppose to be snug in our beds fast asleep, but we all want to know who Santa is and what he is doing. Cheesy

(Well, maybe not all of us).

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i think he do not want to be popular,some problem also here about so he is hide.

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Threads like this on forums like this are exactly the reason that he is not more publicly visible. The fact is he wrote some code and made something as a proof-of-concept. He does not want to be bothered with questions from people like you from forums like this and he doesn't want to be bothered with all of the crap that comes along with it. He has done a great invention and thats enough for all of us

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Quote from: ChinkyEyes on July 21, 2017, 06:41:12 PM

Mystery is great for hyping something. Look at those Djs who don't show their face or those magicians with masks.

The best djs of the world shows their faces, don't worry. But satoshi is just a fictional character, it's not a person. It should be a group of developers called themselves as satoshi.

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Mystery is great for hyping something. Look at those Djs who don't show their face or those magicians with masks.

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Quote from: jak3 on July 21, 2017, 06:12:50 PM

what if you are thinking too much on the subject instead of reading content. what if it is originally a name of the creator. what if more possibilities like he know's something about Bitcoin which we do not know and he knows that we can not solve it. it is possible that he knows about a problem which can occur due to Bitcoin and he has no solution on that. or else he wants to be hidden from the government so they can not affect Bitcoin any how.

I still consider satoshi nakamoto is a code project created by a robust programmer community, they dare to implement a decentralized system which, of course, must eliminate their original identity as it is clear against the central world financial system. Bitcoin will get massive attacks from all circles both hackers and bureaucracies if its creators are visible and so far they have managed to bring changes to the world economy.

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what if you are thinking too much on the subject instead of reading content. what if it is originally a name of the creator. what if more possibilities like he know's something about Bitcoin which we do not know and he knows that we can not solve it. it is possible that he knows about a problem which can occur due to Bitcoin and he has no solution on that. or else he wants to be hidden from the government so they can not affect Bitcoin any how.

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I think one day he will use his BTC to do something GREAT!

Greets, Hank

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Don't let others control your BTC -> self custody

He should stay in hiding. It's much better for bitcoin and the community, because if he appeared and showed that he has control over his addresses people would panic and think he's going to use it all to manipulate the price. It would cause a massive crash.
It wouldn't be wise to reveal your identity as a founder, because you'd be putting yourself and your family at risk. People are kidnaping for very little money, so it's better if nobody knows. I also doubt he's not holding/selling coins as we speak. We all know his first addresses from the genesis block, but we don't know if he didn't make new ones and continue to mine in 2010, after disappearing from the scene.

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