Theymos: “Bitcoins Belonging to Satoshi Should Be Destroyed”
The recent Craig Wright-Satoshi Nakamoto debacle has spurred a new discussion as to what should happen with the coins mined by the mysterious Bitcoin creator. Theymos, the owner of BitcoinTalk, feels these coins should be destroyed to “prevent disastrous monetary inflation.” Bitcoin aficionados will know that, when Bitcoin was first launched, only....
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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....
Greg Maxwell is a target of a recent online Bitcoin community controversy that originates in an alleged connection between Theymos and a Blockstream employee. Two of the Bitcoin community’s largest forums, including Reddit Bitcoin and Bitcointalk are operated by Theymos, who despite many criticisms, have maintained the success of both online communities. A few years ago, Theymos decided to develop innovative forum software to continue the surging growth of Bitcointalk and Reddit Bitcoin. The software is called Epochtalk, and it is still being actively developed by Theymos and his....
Brian Armstrong, the CEO of Coinbase, recently hosted a firechat with Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, to discuss the seriousness of the censorship in /r/Bitcoin, a subreddit moderated and curated by Bitcointalk administrator Theymos. The long-lasting feud between Armstrong and Theymos began on June 6, 2015, when Theymos threatened to ban Coinbase and any Coinbase related content from /r/Bitcoin, for promoting a project called Bitcoin XT, a hard fork designed to increase the Bitcoin block size. Theymos says: “If Coinbase promotes XT to customers on coinbase.com and/or switches all of its full....
Satoshi Nakomoto, the creator of Bitcoin apparently broke two years of silence to deny Newsweek's claim to having discovered his real identity. On the P2P Foundation forum on which he initially announced Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakomoto (or someone with access to his account) simply stated, "I am not Dorian Nakomoto." This denial, echoing Dorian Nakomoto's recent denial to the Associated Press, serves to muddy the waters further as to Satoshi Nakomoto's true identity. It seems the wider Bitcoin community remains skeptical of Newsweek's story, requiring as proof either a message signed with....
The drama between Theymos and anyone who isn’t following his hidden agenda is far from over. Earlier today, popular Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp announced how they will be implementing BIP 101 in a few days. As you would come to expect, it was only a matter of time until Theymos issued a comment on how Bitstamp will be removed from all Bitcoin references, including Reddit and the Bitcoin Wiki. Nejc Kodric, CEO, and co-founder of Bitstamp took part in the largest Bitcoin AMA in history on the Bitcoin.com forums earlier today. One of the questions from the community was how Bitstamp feels about....