Quote from: retreat on November 02, 2024, 07:31:42 AM

Bitcoin privacy and Satoshi's identity are two different things. Bitcoin privacy itself is a core feature that is built into the protocol and it cannot be compromised, even if someone manages to crack Satoshi's identity (which is quite impossible). Moreover, people who want to try to crack Bitcoin's identity are not Bitcoin's enemies, because it is human nature to be curious about everything, but whether they succeed in cracking it or not is another matter, and it seems that it will only waste their time.

What privacy? Bitcoin doesn't have any privacy features. Unless I'm missing something? Satoshi's identity is anonymous for a reason. He wanted to protect Bitcoin from the government. Exposing the identity of Bitcoin's creator would bring many risks to the longevity of the project. At least in the early days. If Satoshi was revealed back then, governments would've easily prosecuted him until they force him to shut down Bitcoin for good. Now that it's widespread enough around the world (distributed and decentralized), this would be nothing more than impossible.

At this point, I would assume Satoshi is nothing but dead. Let's just focus on what matters most. And that's helping scale Bitcoin towards millions of people worldwide. Tackling volatility and scaling issues should be the #1 priority of the community. Not uncovering Satoshi's identity. The media only wants to bring unwanted attention. We would be stupid enough to fall into this scheme. Unless Satoshi's identity is proven with a transaction on the Blockchain (or the signing of Satoshi's original Bitcoin addresses), everything else would be nothing but pure BS. Cheesy