Who is Satoshi Nakamoto ?

Satoshi Nakamoto is a cipher and coder.
Wrote the whitepaper on bitcoin
Developed the code for bitcoin and founded bitcointalk.org.
He used an e-mail address and a web site that is untraceable.
In 2009 and 2010, he wrote hundreds of posts in flawless English.
He invited other software developers to help him improve the code, and corresponded with them,
He never revealed any personal details.
Stefan Thomas, a Swiss coder and active community member, graphed the time stamps for each of Nakamoto's bitcoin forum posts and found:
He made almost no posts between the hours of 5 a.m. and 11 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time.
In April, 2011, he sent a note to a developer saying that he had “moved on to other things.” He has not been heard from since.

His birthday is said to be on April 5, 1975 according to this post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1427158.0

His writing is clean, with few typos
After his first post, in which he used American spelling, he switched to English spelling for all the rest.

There are websites dedicated to preserving the writings of Satoshi Nakamoto:
https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/
http://satoshinakamoto.me/
The Dai / Nakamoto Emails:
https://www.gwern.net/docs/bitcoin/2008-nakamoto

Lots of people have been suspected of being Satoshi:

People who corresponded with him have all been named as suspects:

‎Hal Finney, Martti Malmi,  Adam Back, Gavin Andresen and Wei Dai,

But in doing so are we minimising those individuals contribution to Bitcoin.
They may not be the founder but they are the apostles.


Forbes journalist, Andy Greenberg discovered that a man by the name of Dorian Nakamoto, (born Satoshi) was living only a few blocks from Hal Finney. (The man who received the first bitcoin transaction)

https://i.imgur.com/9h2Jmx4.jpg

Many threads with some compelling arguments have been made about it.

I'm not going to duplicate the theories but have instead provided the links to various theories on here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=769004.0 Dorian Nakamoto and Hal Finney

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=912930.0  Most comprehensive list of suspects.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=144445.0 Marti Malmi

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2680645.0 Hal Finney
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=349725.0

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3071314.0 Nick Szabo
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1361613.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1322765.0

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2146520.0 Mike Hearn

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=49671.0 Michael Clear

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1765953.0 Craig Wright
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2410287.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2422914.0 Craig Wright “Mr Fake”

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4271.0 Julian Assange

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=689736.msg%msg_id% Wei Dai, Ben Laurie, Nick Szabo

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1345468.msg13718422#msg13718422 Adam Back

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=209590.0;all  Japanese mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki,
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=240301.0

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5951.msg87617#msg87617 Conspiracy theories
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1458817.0 Gavin Andreson and the CIA killed Satoshi

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=506692.0 Even a fake Satoshi replied
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=912930.msg12076159#msg12076159 "Satoshis spokesperson" -Miss Roselyn Hamilton

There is a theory that the name is made up of common industrial companies.

https://i.imgur.com/wqlMYRN.jpg

SA            TOSHi  NAKA        MOTO
Samsung Toshiba Nakamichi Motorola

If Satoshi Nakamoto wanted to be known by another identity it is up to him or her to make that move. It is clear from the writing that they were deeply concerned about privacy.

I rather not know. I think the mystery makes it more intriguing. Some legends are better as legends. Like Merlin and Robin Hood.


Here are the writings of the real Satoshi


Further reading:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/10/the-crypto-currency

This is a work in progress, corrections and additions are welcome.