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Everybody's stupid sometimes, and it only takes once to do you in.

ajross 9y ago
Mostly true. Hans Reiser and Ross Ulbricht were smart folks who got caught nonetheless. But not always true. No one's figured out Satoshi Nakamoto yet.
- twoquestions 9y ago
  Nakamoto is also not a criminal, so there's less will to uncover their identity. But yes, you're correct it's not a forever and always thing.
  - FireBeyond 9y ago
    And less ability. Private citizens don't have the ability to subpoena records.
- jacquesm 9y ago
  Reiser: murderer, Ulbricht: drug dealer, would be (indirect) murderer. For completeness sake we could add mr. Madsen but his case hasn't gone through yet though I think he will come out as guilty as they come for now we are required to give him the benefit of the doubt. Nakamoto - if he even is an individual - has not been charged with any crimes.
- matt_wulfeck 9y ago
  Where’s the indictment and warrant for Satoshi Nakamoto? Who is even looking for him/her other than armchair internet slueths?
  - scardine 9y ago
    May be he is not indicted but he is sitting over quite a bit of virtual cash so I bet there is a lot o criminals that would like to have a chat with him.
- pvg 9y ago
  The common trait of those two is not smarts but that they were each much less smart than they thought they were.
- always_good 9y ago
  > No one's figured out Satoshi Nakamoto yet. Just because nobody has published it?
- spookthesunset 9y ago
  Didn't they find a "how to get away with murder" book in Reiser's car? And 'ol Ross had a whole journal of his illegal activity sitting right on his hard drive.
  - pvg 9y ago
    Didn't they find a "how to get away with murder" book in Reiser's car? They did and the bananas thing is he also very nearly did get away with it anyway - a plea deal under which he could have walked away with time served + a few months was available to him. Fortunately, his own hubris got him 15 to life.
- sorokod 9y ago
  "No one's figured out Satoshi Nakamoto yet." Is that a fact?

Mostly true. Hans Reiser and Ross Ulbricht were smart folks who got caught nonetheless. But not always true. No one's figured out Satoshi Nakamoto yet.

twoquestions 9y ago
Nakamoto is also not a criminal, so there's less will to uncover their identity. But yes, you're correct it's not a forever and always thing.
- FireBeyond 9y ago
  And less ability. Private citizens don't have the ability to subpoena records.
jacquesm 9y ago
Reiser: murderer, Ulbricht: drug dealer, would be (indirect) murderer. For completeness sake we could add mr. Madsen but his case hasn't gone through yet though I think he will come out as guilty as they come for now we are required to give him the benefit of the doubt. Nakamoto - if he even is an individual - has not been charged with any crimes.
matt_wulfeck 9y ago
Where’s the indictment and warrant for Satoshi Nakamoto? Who is even looking for him/her other than armchair internet slueths?
- scardine 9y ago
  May be he is not indicted but he is sitting over quite a bit of virtual cash so I bet there is a lot o criminals that would like to have a chat with him.
pvg 9y ago
The common trait of those two is not smarts but that they were each much less smart than they thought they were.
always_good 9y ago
> No one's figured out Satoshi Nakamoto yet. Just because nobody has published it?
spookthesunset 9y ago
Didn't they find a "how to get away with murder" book in Reiser's car? And 'ol Ross had a whole journal of his illegal activity sitting right on his hard drive.
- pvg 9y ago
  Didn't they find a "how to get away with murder" book in Reiser's car? They did and the bananas thing is he also very nearly did get away with it anyway - a plea deal under which he could have walked away with time served + a few months was available to him. Fortunately, his own hubris got him 15 to life.
sorokod 9y ago
"No one's figured out Satoshi Nakamoto yet." Is that a fact?