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So in all those discussions they had, he was talking to himself? Why would he do that? Also satoshi stopped writing in 2010 and Finney died in 2014
by drexlspivey 9y ago
So in all those discussions they had, he was talking to himself? Why would he do that? Also satoshi stopped writing in 2010 and Finney died in 2014
- Avshalom 9y agoI have no idea what the conversations were like because I don't pay much attention to bitcoin (and less to the history) outside of HN but presenting things as dialogue is often more engaging and effective than monologue. Even in monologue exposition people often pose themselves rhetorical questions. As an example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogue_Concerning_the_Two_Chief_World_Systems https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogue_Concerning_the_Two_...
- berberous 9y agoFinney gave the WSJ a bunch of private emails between him and Satoshi from 2009, linked below. I suppose it's theoretically possible Finney spent a lot of time faking this convincing set of emails, but absent that possibility, I think this seals the case that Satoshi was not Finney. http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/finneynakamotoemails.pdf http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/finneynakam...