In April, I speculated that Cobra is either theymos or satoshi, and theymos promptly denied being cobra but did not address him potentially being satoshi.
This implies theymos knows who satoshi is. Isn't it more likely he didn't address that statement because it's obvious he doens't know his identity?Cobra is a specific person in the Bitcoin community who was around as of when satoshi left. However it is unknown who this person is, as the first time he appears is in 2014. My question is, who was this guy in 2009/10?
Given the very small number of people actively involved in the Bitcoin community at the time, I would say the chances of cobra being satoshi are at least 1%.
I think it is more likely to be an alt of Sirius or at least someone who is known to him. Sirius is the co-founder of the the forum and used to control the domain. It is likely that he doesn't want to be hassled so transferred it to an anonymous alt or someone he trusts.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3284381.msg34255007#msg34255007
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4322078.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1254199.0
https://sc5.io/posts/sc5er-intro-the-bitcoin-guy/
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Bitcoin.org was originally registered and owned by Bitcoin's first two developers, Satoshi Nakamoto and Martti Malmi.
Source: https://bitcoin.org/en/about-us#owntxt-title