Quote from: Elwar on April 20, 2013, 01:04:32 AM

Quote from: the founder on April 19, 2013, 01:30:34 PM

which was created by an anonymous hacker

I have noticed this being mentioned more in the government media lately.

Taking either the original definition of hacker or the newer derogatory term for hacker, Satoshi does not fit either.

He wrote a computer program on his own computer and then released it to the world.

The original term for hacker referred to someone who would go into other people's computer systems to check things out and discover things that other people were doing, even hacking into a software program to see what it does and change things to learn more about it.

The new media term refers to people who break through security of other people's computer systems and cause mischief.

Satoshi was neither.

Am I to be considered a hacker because I write computer programs for my company?

To be frank, they're the only ones using this term incorrectly; I believe they're doing it on purpose. What's so wrong about referring to Satoshi as he is?--a programmer. Most everyone (except Linux enthusiasts I suppose) considers a hacker to be a criminal who compromises the security of various computer systems. Funny how they picked up the unpopular term in lieu of the accepted term. Is Zuckerberg a hacker, too? According to wiki:

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Mark Zuckerberg (born 1984), American programmer and internet entrepreneur, founder of Facebook

The media should also refer to him as a hacker. But it's cool, because he didn't invent satan money, and Facebook is generally accepted; hell, it's encouraged, since CISPA's about to reap the benefits of that.