Bitcoin Community Doubts Satoshi Nakamoto Identity
Newsweek uncovers either Satoshi, or a man willing to deny being him. (CCN's original live-updated coverage here). As Newsweek's article regarding the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto surges through the community, many are stunned with disbelief. The man who signed every message with a PGP key, never gave away personal details despite communicating for years, and eluded numerous attempts to find him; could he have been using his real name the whole time? To be fair, his name is Dorian S. Nakamoto, that first name can really throw off searches. Nonetheless, the evidence presented by Newsweek is....
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There's no doubt about the fact that the bitcoin community has voiced their opinions on a Newsweek exposé of the alleged Satoshi Nakamoto (long story short: outrage and disappointment) by Leah McGrath Goodman, but now the Bitcoin Foundation is chiming in. "Today we have seen heightened media speculation on the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto," the advocacy group writes in their response, entitled We Are All Bitcoin. "As of this writing, we have seen zero conclusive evidence that the identified person is the designer of Bitcoin. Those closest to the Bitcoin project, the informal team of core....
In a time of universal surveillance, being anonymous is a revolutionary act. They often say that you come to Bitcoin for the technology and hang around for the drama. Yesterday there was plenty on display. From a death threat to a new message from the hacked Satoshi Nakamoto's account on the now famous p2pfoundation pages. All fun and games, but the hackers claim to know Satoshi's identity. There is little doubt that the hackers have access to the actual account. As much was shown by a screenshot of the account's inbox and by forwarded emails to a Bitcoin developer dating as far back as....
People need to keep in mind the cryptocurrency can easily survive without ever knowing who created it, as gaining that knowledge would change nothing at all in the long run. Despite the always present mystery of who Satoshi Nakamoto is, Bitcoin has been able to survive and prosper without the identity of its creator ever being revealed. Now that everyone seems to be on the Easter Egg hunt to find out what the connection between Wright and Nakamoto really is, we need to keep in mind this is about Bitcoin and not personal glory. At times like these, people tend to forget Bitcoin has been....
Theymos, a veteran in the Bitcoin community, posted a thread on Bitcointalk a few hours ago stating that he received an email from an old email address known to belong to Satoshi Nakamoto. Theymos said that the e-mail stated, and he quotes: "Michael, send me some coins before I hitman you." Theymos recognized that the "real" Satoshi Nakamoto would probably not send that message, and as such he declared that Satoshi Nakamoto's accounts had been compromised. Satoshi Nakamoto Used [email protected] To Register On P2P Foundation. Credibility has been added to Theymos statement following a post....
Investigations by major tech outlets Wired and Gizmodo may have potentially identified bitcoin's creator. Satoshi Nakamoto, they say, is 44-year-old Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright, who is thought to have created the bitcoin protocol alongside US forensic researcher David Kleiman, now deceased. This, however, is not the first time that major news outlets embark on a quest to decipher the identity of bitcoin's mysterious creator. With Satoshi Nakamoto's identity still unconfirmed, CoinDesk has created a poll to find out exactly what its readership thinks about the most recent....