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Regardless of whether Craig Wright is Nakamoto, there's an interesting story here, and I'm looking forward to it coming out. Someone has spent a fair amount of

by Lazare 11y ago

Regardless of whether Craig Wright is Nakamoto, there's an interesting story here, and I'm looking forward to it coming out. Someone has spent a fair amount of time and effort forging documents and setting up an elaborate paper trail to lead some journalists to this conclusion. Why? It's easy to compare this to the Dorian Nakamoto thing, but this is quite different. Nobody had a vested interest in making Dorian look like Satoshi, it was just sloppy journalism. This is something else (although it might be sloppy journalism too...)

adrtessier 11y ago
I agree. Regardless of the outcome, I'm grabbing the popcorn. I'm half-waiting for another P2P foundation signed post discrediting him, too. Even if Craig Wright is (wholly or part of) Nakamoto, I'm confused as to why it is he thinks it is a good idea to advertise the fact that he is some years later; whose benefit does it serve other than that of his own ego? This type of work could easily be the ramblings of a mad scientist who feels perpetually underappreciated, and is trying to latch onto this because he thinks he will finally get the worldwide recognition he feels he deserves. The easiest way for Wright or another to prove he is who he says he is is to simply sign a message using Nakamoto's keys. Since we still have no mathematical evidence, I personally will believe this is a hoax.
ufo 11y ago
Satoshi is rumored to have amassed a fortune in Bitcoins. One of the theories going around is that by pretending to be Satoshi, Craig would be able to take fraudulent loans with the bitcoin fortune as collateral. (There is some evidence that Craig himself might be the one forging the documents) The other theory is that he is just a crazy egomaniac.
joosters 11y ago
My best guess is that the fraud angle is most likely. Especially the 'fortunate' emergence of draft contracts showing that the guy has claim to a huge stash of bitcoins (but conveniently he can't access them until 2020). Perhaps he hoped that by appearing to be 'doxxed' it would lend more credence to his claims that he owned/controlled this wealth. A fraudster could get a lot of mileage out of a "I will pay you back later, look I've got all this future wealth" claim.
- jgalt212 11y ago
  > but conveniently he can't access them until 2020 Maybe that's his estimate of when the supercomputer he's built in Iceland will crack Satoshi's private key.

by Lazare 11y ago

adrtessier 11y ago

I agree. Regardless of the outcome, I'm grabbing the popcorn. I'm half-waiting for another P2P foundation signed post discrediting him, too. Even if Craig Wright is (wholly or part of) Nakamoto, I'm confused as to why it is he thinks it is a good idea to advertise the fact that he is some years later; whose benefit does it serve other than that of his own ego? This type of work could easily be the ramblings of a mad scientist who feels perpetually underappreciated, and is trying to latch onto this because he thinks he will finally get the worldwide recognition he feels he deserves. The easiest way for Wright or another to prove he is who he says he is is to simply sign a message using Nakamoto's keys. Since we still have no mathematical evidence, I personally will believe this is a hoax.

ufo 11y ago

Satoshi is rumored to have amassed a fortune in Bitcoins. One of the theories going around is that by pretending to be Satoshi, Craig would be able to take fraudulent loans with the bitcoin fortune as collateral. (There is some evidence that Craig himself might be the one forging the documents) The other theory is that he is just a crazy egomaniac.

joosters 11y ago

My best guess is that the fraud angle is most likely. Especially the 'fortunate' emergence of draft contracts showing that the guy has claim to a huge stash of bitcoins (but conveniently he can't access them until 2020). Perhaps he hoped that by appearing to be 'doxxed' it would lend more credence to his claims that he owned/controlled this wealth. A fraudster could get a lot of mileage out of a "I will pay you back later, look I've got all this future wealth" claim.

jgalt212 11y ago
> but conveniently he can't access them until 2020 Maybe that's his estimate of when the supercomputer he's built in Iceland will crack Satoshi's private key.