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Re: Who was Satoshi Nakamoto?
by
audiTT
on 10/03/2024, 13:39:32 UTC
For the vast majority of 'Satoshi seekers' their hunt for Satoshi has failed before it starts.  An amateur researcher's biggest Achilles heel is themselves, their own preconceptions, bias and assumptions. A good example is the fact almost everyone goes on the hunt for Satoshi, the person that created Bitcoin, a single person. Not Satoshi the university project or Satoshi a group of Cypherpunks or Satoshi a father and son project.  The assumption Satoshi is one person is grave mistake.

If Satoshi is more than one, lets say 2, and they alternate posting to forums and/or edit the others posts before sending then no traditional linguistic study is going to work. The assumption that Satoshi changes from American English to Commonwealth English to muddy the waters on purpose is just that, an assumption. OPSEC: Satoshi used TOR and anon email services as the primary source of obscuring their/his/her identity. Saying very little about themselves was the secondary method.

On two occasion's 'Satoshi' made particular mention of their/his/her abilities with writing, saying they were better at coding than writing. This could be a bone thrown in the opposite direction, or the truth. Satoshi also mentioned working. Those are just two of only a few instances where 'Satoshi' made a comment that was of a personal nature.

"Satoshi' didn't want to be found, and still does not want to be found.

"Be careful what you wish for.".as the popular saying goes, because it may not be the Satoshi we want.. some think its Nick Szabo, Len, or Hal or all three.
If it did turn out to be one of those guys then I'm sure Bitcoin would get a small boost. But what if 'Satoshi' is someone that is perverted, or just a nasty piece of work, or someone like Craig Wright.. a delusional, a-hole. Fortunately one thing we can relax about is Satoshi is NOT Craig Wright. But you see what I mean, we may not get the Satoshi we want.

Bitcoin works best when we don't know who Satoshi is. We can go on the hunt to satisfy our own curiosity, but trust me, your time is best spent doing something else, Satoshi has made sure the search is almost impossible. Also, just imagine if you did discover who 'Satoshi' is and you blabbered it all over the internet, and it wasn't the good Satoshi everyone was hoping for, do you really wanna be 'that guy' that crashed Bitcoin.. you'd be on the run for the rest of your life. Perhaps that's a little over dramatic Smiley

Satoshi is anon for a bloody good reason and Satoshi needs to remain anon. Lets just focus on who is NOT Satoshi so we can rid the crypto community of those a-hole scammers.
Rant off. Smiley