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Last time I watched a video of Craig, I was so completely convinced he was not the type of person to be Satoshi. Now, given this blog post, what I'm wondering

by knocte 10y ago

Last time I watched a video of Craig, I was so completely convinced he was not the type of person to be Satoshi. Now, given this blog post, what I'm wondering is: maybe Satoshi offered his private keys to this guy to avoid problems in the future, and so that they stop chasing him? EDIT: s/sold/offered/ (because I believe Satoshi doesn't have the need to sell anything these days)

mappum 10y ago
> maybe Satoshi sold his private keys to this guy to avoid problems in the future? That's the best theory I've heard so far. That would explain why he chose a weak verification message (the Sartre quote, instead of a message that proves the signature to be recent). The real Satoshi would have chosen a different proof, but Wright doesn't know any better.
- raverbashing 10y ago
  From reading the blog post referenced here it seems Craig signed other messages besides the JPS one to Gavin Andresen and other people
- pliny 10y ago
  >The real Satoshi would have chosen a different proof How could you know what the real Satoshi would do?
  - TD-Linux 10y ago
    The Bitcoin genesis block includes a newspaper headline from that day to prove that it wasn't constructed earlier ('premined').
  - draugadrotten 10y ago
    > How could you know what the real Satoshi would do? mappum is - or has access to - the real Satoshi of course!
- xorcist 10y ago
  > why he chose a weak verification message So far, he hasn't published the verification message in full, and no signature either. The ones in the blog are dummies.
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donkeyd 10y ago
I the oddest thing for me is that Satoshi spent all this time hiding and then posts a huge blog to prove it's him.
- Mayzie 10y ago
  > then posts a huge blog to prove it's him. He was forced to. He doesn't want to be public, and he wishes he didn't have to be.
  - bambax 10y ago
    This is plain untrue. As explained in The Economist article, this Wright guy began approaching a (well-known and respected) author about writing is biography months before the first outing in December. There would be nothing to tell in his biography if he's not Bitcoin's inventor. He may be or not be Bitcoin's inventor (I strongly suspect he isn't) but in both cases he really wanted to be known, at least starting in mid-2015.
  - konradb 10y ago
    > He was forced to. He doesn't want to be public, and he wishes he didn't have to be. What evidence is there for this?
- draugadrotten 10y ago
  Perhaps the real Satoshi can no longer hide as before but rather wants to hide in the group of wannabe-Satoshis by appearing to have been dismissed as a fake Satoshi.
- aurumpotest 10y ago
  Not saying it's not odd, but have you seen this video of Wright? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZNtbAFnr-0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZNtbAFnr-0 If he is Satoshi, and what he's saying about being forced to reveal his identity now is true, it would make sense to provide the minimum that the threateners would accept, knowing that the community wouldn't buy it. That video is really odd. (FWIW I don't believe this claim is or isn't true, I'm waiting for more info.)

by knocte 10y ago

mappum 10y ago

> maybe Satoshi sold his private keys to this guy to avoid problems in the future? That's the best theory I've heard so far. That would explain why he chose a weak verification message (the Sartre quote, instead of a message that proves the signature to be recent). The real Satoshi would have chosen a different proof, but Wright doesn't know any better.

raverbashing 10y ago
From reading the blog post referenced here it seems Craig signed other messages besides the JPS one to Gavin Andresen and other people
pliny 10y ago
>The real Satoshi would have chosen a different proof How could you know what the real Satoshi would do?
- TD-Linux 10y ago
  The Bitcoin genesis block includes a newspaper headline from that day to prove that it wasn't constructed earlier ('premined').
- draugadrotten 10y ago
  > How could you know what the real Satoshi would do? mappum is - or has access to - the real Satoshi of course!
xorcist 10y ago
> why he chose a weak verification message So far, he hasn't published the verification message in full, and no signature either. The ones in the blog are dummies.

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donkeyd 10y ago

I the oddest thing for me is that Satoshi spent all this time hiding and then posts a huge blog to prove it's him.

Mayzie 10y ago
> then posts a huge blog to prove it's him. He was forced to. He doesn't want to be public, and he wishes he didn't have to be.
- bambax 10y ago
  This is plain untrue. As explained in The Economist article, this Wright guy began approaching a (well-known and respected) author about writing is biography months before the first outing in December. There would be nothing to tell in his biography if he's not Bitcoin's inventor. He may be or not be Bitcoin's inventor (I strongly suspect he isn't) but in both cases he really wanted to be known, at least starting in mid-2015.
- konradb 10y ago
  > He was forced to. He doesn't want to be public, and he wishes he didn't have to be. What evidence is there for this?
draugadrotten 10y ago
Perhaps the real Satoshi can no longer hide as before but rather wants to hide in the group of wannabe-Satoshis by appearing to have been dismissed as a fake Satoshi.
aurumpotest 10y ago
Not saying it's not odd, but have you seen this video of Wright? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZNtbAFnr-0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZNtbAFnr-0 If he is Satoshi, and what he's saying about being forced to reveal his identity now is true, it would make sense to provide the minimum that the threateners would accept, knowing that the community wouldn't buy it. That video is really odd. (FWIW I don't believe this claim is or isn't true, I'm waiting for more info.)