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?
ive also noticed this and im not a fan of people using this term. especially when mainstream media usually uses the term hacker is criminal. i worry a lot of mainstream people will hear the word hacker and the fact that no one knows who satoshi is and be turned off. all it takes is one looney politican to hear this and go on a rampage about how bitcoin was created by hackers and silk road an blah blah blah...protect the kids!