You Can Not Kill Bitcoin's Founding Myth: Satoshi Nakamoto
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....
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Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of Bitcoin, still remains a myth to everyone. Will we ever know his true identity? More than often, people who are newly introduced to Bitcoin have no idea that the currency is already several years old. The idea of Bitcoin was first introduced in 2008, when a man named 'Satoshi Nakamoto' published a paper on The Cryptography Mailing list at metzdowd.com. This paper was called Bitcoin: a peer to peer electronic cash system and is still a classic among the 'old school' Bitcoin fans. Not that much later, in 2009, he released the first Bitcoin software that enabled....
The existence of Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous founding programmer behind the Bitcoin project, has long interested artists and writers of all genres. In the below short film produced by Mike Anzel, a real-life Satoshi Nakamoto is sought after in much the same way he is "hunted" in last year's comic, The Hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto. Except in the film, it's not a group of gangster's and cyberpunks hunting the creator, but a news crew. Also read: Bitcoin Film Review: The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin (2014). In order to avoid any spoilers on this very short story, we'll just let you enjoy the....
Myth: No one knows who started Bitcoin. Truth: "Satoshi Nakamoto" is a fictional name for a single person, or, potentially, a group of people who wish to remain out of the public eye. Since they've managed to do this so far, it's likely that they have a long history of secrecy keeping. This suggests strong bonds, such as one finds in a governmental context (i.e. ex-NSA employees, like Snowden), or organized crime. In any case, it's likely that a few people, potentially including governmental security agencies, know who "he" is. Some of these people are undoubtedly becoming extremely rich....
Satoshi Nakamoto's broke a three year long silence, telling the world he is not Dorian Nakamoto (photo). Every post he made can be found in the database of the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute. Satoshi Nakamoto remains an obscure figure to most people that are involved in cryptocurrencies. As the creator of Bitcoin, he is the reason we are all here. You would not be reading this article if it weren't for him. Heck, I would not have written this text, and we would probably think virtual currencies could only exist in a galaxy far, far away. Inventor of Bitcoin. However, Nakamoto is real. Whether....
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