Quote from: MatTheCat on March 06, 2014, 01:23:16 PM

Quote from: FierceRadish on March 06, 2014, 01:14:15 PM

Heh - I've just been saying in the wall thread that there's enough in that article to fuel the fires for conspiracy theorists.

At what point does conspiracy theory become more like common sense and the orthodox accepted version of events sound like bullshit?

i.e. Who is more likely to have created Bitcoin.

A team of high salaried life long committed cryptology professionals, pooled together under one roof with access to, for all intents and purposes, unlimited resources?

A lone hacker geek sitting in some Japanese attic with his Manga collection?

Well, I'm not one to class all alternative theories as lunatic. I wouldn't rule your theory out entirely.

But your rhetoric shows you're already convinced towards one side. The comments in the article could just as easily be interpreted as a person who, having worked in and around gov agencies, understands why he needed to work well out of the spotlight. Based on this article, he comes across as more disgruntled idealist than agency spook.

As for the likelihood of a lone person coming up with bitcoin...well, it's just an idea, right? Not some Hadron Collider chiselled into the heart of a volcano. History is full of lone people coming up with great ideas. Sometimes, that's the only way they can happen.