Why would anyone claim to be Satoshi?

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Quote from: LordCoder on May 02, 2016, 09:26:31 AM

I mean, just to appear on the news around the world or what exactly?

At this point of time every one wants to be Satoshi or wish they are the guy with all the fortune associated with being Satoshi but they need to prove that they are indeed Satoshi 100% because the world will not satisfy with the fake one..

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There are always people who want to claim that they are the maker of the bitcoin and that is not really strange because people want to own the bitcoin because the prise is rising like a idiot i see why they want to be satoshi XD

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Maybe they want to be a popular all over the world. because they will be like a sky rocket that media or any social network will spread out
at once until they get the Fame. Embarrassed

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Quote from: yesiam6 on June 15, 2016, 05:12:13 PM

Probably to be famous and get a lot of attention from people
and also to gain some money for exclusive interviews etc.

Fame and from there making money would be the only logic reason I think. Which is naive since we all know the got a lot of bitcoins already.
And being satoshi would mean you could prove it. If you can't prove it, it's prety stupid.

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Excellent question, answer: they wouldn't. One would expose oneself to an asston of risk, ESP if satoshi doesn't live in an established country. A corrupt gov or organized crime could take it all.

In other words, no one has an incentive to make this claim. Distrust those that do.

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Probably to be famous and get a lot of attention from people
and also to gain some money for exclusive interviews etc.

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i think only for fun. because only with claiming no one can become Satoshi. i think they are doing because they just want to get fame.

dearbesz

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they want to be a popular all around the world,..
and of course self interest, Wink

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Quote from: LordCoder on May 02, 2016, 09:26:31 AM

I mean, just to appear on the news around the world or what exactly?

Yeah it is obvious that people want to claim his name. They just want to appear on the news and this way they think that people are going to notice them.
They juts want fame it is as simple as that.

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At least it gets bitcoin talked about by the media again without it being a bad thing xD

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So X group can push their agenda onto the BTC core.

I have a feeling the powers of old are attempting to use tatics that work on the mass.. utterly moronic... completely fucking retarded population.

It will not be so easy to push your agendas onto the core bitches.

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Young but I'm not that bold

Because he is an attention whore who wants to get some fame and appear in the news as he is that unknown guy .
I would not believe a person he is satoshi except the first tx ever was spent with a new fresh signature

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Craig Wright is not Satoshi.

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Quote from: akumaburn on May 02, 2016, 12:25:32 PM

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Boy, are you Sirs gonna feel foolish when it turns out that Dr. Wright is really Mr. Satoshi.

And if he isn't? Wink

This:

	Is Satoshi	Is NOT Satoshi
You denied Him	Lose infinitely	Win very little
You didn't deny	Win very little	Lose nothing
Result:	Infinite loss	Meh, 0. Nothing lost

I don't lose anything by denying him.

I learn, I grow, it's how I've outpaced the others this long

Let me say this:

1. Craig Wright's personality is directly the opposite of Satoshi. Satoshi hated publicity, Craig Wright seems to adore it by the way he is acting.

2. Craig Wright's blog is full of errors and read's like a pretender's. The signature he provides is a fake, and the script he gives has a very obvious error too.

3. No one other than Gavin has been able to sway us into even considering him as Satoshi to begin with. We are basically debating all this on Gavin's word alone. Which isn't what Bitcoin's philosophy is about.

4. Craig Wright tried something similar to this back in December, and he pops up again now for Consensus 2016? Why?

5.

Is more legit than anything we've seen from him so far pubically.

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Boy, are you Sirs gonna feel foolish when it turns out that Dr. Wright is really Mr. Satoshi.

I will be the first one to eat my words or my hat for that matter.... So many before him claimed the same thing and it turned out to be a ruse. I think the prestige amongst your peers.. will be the

highest reward for someone doing this. Just imagine the recognition a person will receive, when it turns out that you invented a technology that turned the age old fiat system on it's ass. You also

solved one of the biggest problems out there... Byzantine General's problem. This would be quite an achievement on it's own. Grin

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aren't we all Satoshi?

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I am actually surprised more people have not come out of the woodwork to claim they are Satoshi.

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Goonies never say die.

The real satoshi, if fully confirmed, has the power of persuasion... and a lot of bitcoins.

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Boy, are you Sirs gonna feel foolish when it turns out that Dr. Wright is really Mr. Satoshi.

And if he isn't? Wink

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The revolution will be monetized!

Hmm. Good question. Or maybe a better question still is why would Satoshi claim to be Satoshi?

1. Recognition, prestige, to become a celebrity.
This seems unlikely since Satoshi has chosen to remain anonymous thus far. He has specifically chosen to not be tied to BTC.
2. Because she/he is Satoshi and wants to dispute a competing claim.
But there is no other contender with any real evidence.
3. Because Satoshi wants to come out of the shadows and become publicly involved in the project again.
I have not heard Craig have any opinion on the questions within bitcoin. Maybe I missed it or he is going to make a statement after proving he is Satoshi.

I can imagine plenty of reasons why a faker would want to be Satoshi, but not why Satoshi would reveal himself. Huh

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