Quote from: Holliday on May 06, 2016, 07:11:08 PM

Quote from: aliashraf on May 06, 2016, 06:39:38 PM

I have posted it before and I am surprised how you people read a lot of boring, worthless quotes and do not discuss some very canonical points I have declared here.

Craig Wright claimed to be satoshi.

It's reasonable to assume that satoshi, at some point, controlled the private key to the coinbase in the genesis block.

Those who are asking Craig to sign a message with that private key feel that this would be strong evidence to support his claim.

Craig either controls that key, or he doesn't. If he does, he can choose to sign a message or not.

Apparently you have some issue with asking someone who has made an extraordinary claim (after all, satoshi went to great lengths to hide his identity) to provide some rather ordinary evidence to back that claim.

We all know that controlling the private key to the coinbase in the genesis block is not a 100% guarantee that someone is satoshi (as you say, your assets do not define your identity), but it's better than any other "proof" that has been provided so far.

As for math is the devil... well... LOL.

Also, you say, "Your assets, do not define your identity". Then you go on to say that, "Nothing is more threatening than a gigantic 'decentralized' chain of blocks of silly bits backed by a 'community' that defines our identity."

Well, which is it? You've contradicted yourself in some attempt to... I don't even know what.

Well, glad to see someone tries to understand though fails. You say " .. it is better than any other proof that has been provided so far ... " and by this, you confess to be a Blockchain Religion believer. No!!! it is nothing.
Possession of that keys ( as they can't be memorized by humans) is just a matter of ownership, physical ownership. This is it! They can be stolen, can be lost , .... In the real world it is totally a reverse case. You have to prove your identity and legitimacy of your ownership if you hold something in possession! Understand? Possession is a problem to be addressed to be legitimized!

In Dr. Wright's Case, he had to convince people by:
1- Showing his absolute and deep knowledge and vision
2- Convincing people, trust worthy people, who know Satoshi better
3- Presenting his deep concerns and good intentions about the technology under consideration
4- Using his reputation and background as a respected, honest , trust worthy person
5- Putting forward his new and solid ideas about the future
6- Reasoning about his disappearance
7- Justifying his decision to reveal his Identity

And I think he has almost done all of this!

Regarding your assertion about my contradiction: I Couldn't find any flaw there. I am just saying if this 'community' may succeed to make PKs as the proof of identity, it will be a nightmare for humanity. Because some 'Sky Net' will decide whether people exist or not and what is their identity if they even exist.