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Craig Wright will publish “extraordinary proof” that he is Satoshi

Laforet 10y ago
So much trouble for nothing. All he has to do is to prove his control of any of the email addresses and bitcoin wallets known to belong to Satoshi.
dvcrn 10y ago
I am a bit outdated on this (week without internet). Why does Craig Wright wants to be Satoshi? It seems obscure to me that a anonymous figure that does not want to be revealed at all cost suddenly goes public by saying "I am Satoshi, here's all the proof". Why would he do that? What will he get from it?
- therein 10y ago
  Maybe he is trying to establish a level of connection between him and the name Satoshi Nakamoto on Google searches so that he can go after naive investors.
- d_t_w 10y ago
  Because he's a nobody with a track record of prevarication who wants to be talked about. Because that's better than being a nobody with a track record of prevarication who is not talked about. And here we are, talking about this confidence huckster.
- webkike 10y ago
  why personal crack-pot theory is that it was a set up by block stream to get Gavin's commit access revoked. everyone's making theories because no one has a clue what's going on. Craig has gotten a lot of really respected people to vouch for him, but is neglecting the one thing that the real Satoshi would consider to be real proof. So we're all just farting around making joke theories as far as I can tell. Maybe I'll right a sci fi book about it in thirty years, but by then it will be sci non fi I guess.
- kolinko 10y ago
  If he really is Satoshi - because he was found out in December anyway, and wants the madness with looking for Satoshi to stop. If he's not - because he's a crackpot looking for fame and money. In both cases, if people believe him, he'll get influence to settle some issues Bitcoin has been recently facing. (block size, competition from Ethereum, etc)
- cynix 10y ago
  I heard a theory that he claimed a whole bunch of tax credits from the Australian Tax Office which were only possible if he actually owned a large amount of bitcoins (an amount that only Satoshi can possibly own). Now that he's being investigated by the ATO, he needs to somehow convince them that he owns those bitcoins.
bickfordb 10y ago
If he is Satoshi and proves it, this would appear to be the sloppiest technology PR campaign I can recall.
- levemi 10y ago
  Right, people use to think this Satoshi was brilliant, and now if he is Satoshi all people will think is what a self-promoting and incompetent jerk he is. He should have just stayed quiet or made a simple blog post like the litecoin did without the PR blitz campaign. Doesn't seem like a very smart person tbh.
gegtik 10y ago
Why doesn't he transfer a fractional BC out of a satoshi wallet and call it a day

So much trouble for nothing. All he has to do is to prove his control of any of the email addresses and bitcoin wallets known to belong to Satoshi.

dvcrn 10y ago

I am a bit outdated on this (week without internet). Why does Craig Wright wants to be Satoshi? It seems obscure to me that a anonymous figure that does not want to be revealed at all cost suddenly goes public by saying "I am Satoshi, here's all the proof". Why would he do that? What will he get from it?

therein 10y ago
Maybe he is trying to establish a level of connection between him and the name Satoshi Nakamoto on Google searches so that he can go after naive investors.
d_t_w 10y ago
Because he's a nobody with a track record of prevarication who wants to be talked about. Because that's better than being a nobody with a track record of prevarication who is not talked about. And here we are, talking about this confidence huckster.
webkike 10y ago
why personal crack-pot theory is that it was a set up by block stream to get Gavin's commit access revoked. everyone's making theories because no one has a clue what's going on. Craig has gotten a lot of really respected people to vouch for him, but is neglecting the one thing that the real Satoshi would consider to be real proof. So we're all just farting around making joke theories as far as I can tell. Maybe I'll right a sci fi book about it in thirty years, but by then it will be sci non fi I guess.
kolinko 10y ago
If he really is Satoshi - because he was found out in December anyway, and wants the madness with looking for Satoshi to stop. If he's not - because he's a crackpot looking for fame and money. In both cases, if people believe him, he'll get influence to settle some issues Bitcoin has been recently facing. (block size, competition from Ethereum, etc)
cynix 10y ago
I heard a theory that he claimed a whole bunch of tax credits from the Australian Tax Office which were only possible if he actually owned a large amount of bitcoins (an amount that only Satoshi can possibly own). Now that he's being investigated by the ATO, he needs to somehow convince them that he owns those bitcoins.

bickfordb 10y ago

If he is Satoshi and proves it, this would appear to be the sloppiest technology PR campaign I can recall.

levemi 10y ago
Right, people use to think this Satoshi was brilliant, and now if he is Satoshi all people will think is what a self-promoting and incompetent jerk he is. He should have just stayed quiet or made a simple blog post like the litecoin did without the PR blitz campaign. Doesn't seem like a very smart person tbh.

gegtik 10y ago

Why doesn't he transfer a fractional BC out of a satoshi wallet and call it a day