Re: What is this fascination with claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto?
Why are these people obsessed with being identified as Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin? In 2019 this website reported a list of self-proclaimed bitcoin founder;
There are more who have claimed to be Satoshi but why? Why do they want to be Satoshi so bad they look stupid to the public with all their self proclamation. In fact there are so many dangers in being Satoshi because he would be the center of every backlash, investigations, arrest warrants, and what have you. And besides, it would make no difference because he, Satoshi technically would have no say on how the bitcoin network should or should not run based on the consensus. Which other faketoshis do you know? And have you ever taken any of them seriously?
- Ronald Keala Kua Maria
- Pakastani Bilal Khalid and his PR firm Ivy McLemore
- Debo Jurgen Etienne Guido
- Jörg Molt
- Craig Wright
- Paul Calder Le Roux
There are more who have claimed to be Satoshi but why? Why do they want to be Satoshi so bad they look stupid to the public with all their self proclamation. In fact there are so many dangers in being Satoshi because he would be the center of every backlash, investigations, arrest warrants, and what have you. And besides, it would make no difference because he, Satoshi technically would have no say on how the bitcoin network should or should not run based on the consensus. Which other faketoshis do you know? And have you ever taken any of them seriously?
Why? Because these people are looking to gain all of the attention from the public. After all, Bitcoin is an extremely-popular cryptocurrency worldwide. Imagine all of the fame and fortune a guy (or gal) like Satoshi will have if he/she reveals him/herself to the public. It's this reason why we see so many "Satoshi wannabes" who want to get a "piece of the pie". Particularly, Craig Wright which is named by many as "Faketoshi". This guy even wenT as far as forging cryptographic keys to fool a BTC developer (Gavin Andressen). And let me tell you, this developer really fell for it.
The community, however, will not be fooled. Smart people will ask for proof to determine whenever a person is the real Satoshi or a conman. If he/she is able to sign the keys belonging to the real Satoshi, then the community will be "sold". Why would it matter, anyways? Bitcoin has been doing fine without Satoshi. As long as it works as intended, there should be nothing to worry about.
