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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Project Anastasia: Bitcoiners Against Identity Theft
by
figmentofmyass
on 06/01/2020, 00:24:20 UTC
He is not the first to claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto, only the most brazen.  And he will not be the last.  Mark my words!  There is a big incentive for criminal imposters to pretend to be Satoshi Nakamoto.

the silver lining: satoshi's pseudonymity may have enabled imposters, but it also allowed him/her/them to disappear completely unknown. that was a massive win for bitcoin's decentralization.

in contrast, it would be virtually impossible to impersonate vitalik buterin. the trade-off for ethereum is they forever have a "benevolent dictator". that trade-off isn't worth it IMO.