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What if, and this is a big IF, he is Satoshi and somehow "lost" that key? Heck what if the real Satoshi lost that key, how would he make us believe him if he w
by curiousgal 11y ago
What if, and this is a big IF, he is Satoshi and somehow "lost" that key?
Heck what if the real Satoshi lost that key, how would he make us believe him if he were to step out of the shadows?
- MBCook 11y agoThen Satoshi is, for the purpose Bitcoin, dead. If there is no way to prove who Satoshi really was, what other term could we use?
- dragonwriter 11y ago> Then Satoshi is, for the purpose Bitcoin, dead. If there is no way to prove who Satoshi really was, what other term could we use? "Satoshi's identity is unknowable" would be a more accurate description of that scenario that "Satoshi is dead".
- curiousgal 11y agoWell, speaking of dead, here's an interesting theory. https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4hnbli/did_someone_rule_out_kleiman_wrights_dead_friend/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4hnbli/did_someone...
- verytrivial 11y agoWell, if the key has been destroyed, to a first approximation there is no Satoshi in my book. Identity has a specific meaning here, control of the private key. If he had that, but lost it, he will only gain mere celebrity at best and at worst infamy with these histrionics.