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It would definitely be hard to do. And my personal suspicion is that Satoshi is a group of individuals, making such an analysis almost impossible. However there
by shiado 8y ago
It would definitely be hard to do. And my personal suspicion is that Satoshi is a group of individuals, making such an analysis almost impossible. However there is the possibility that there is some sort of "linguistic fingerprint" capable of uniquely identifying Satoshi, despite what I believe to be their efforts to create a highly specific and unique style of writing for the purposes of evading identification. The way the Unabomber used a certain phrase in the manifesto and a letter to a family member was what got him caught.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_can%27t_have_your_cake_and_eat_it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_can%27t_have_your_cake_and...
Another interesting analysis would be to compare the structure of code between the early bitcoin code and code written by likely suspects. Perhaps variable naming convention will identify Satoshi.
https://github.com/trottier/original-bitcoin https://github.com/trottier/original-bitcoin
- clubm8 8y ago>my personal suspicion is that Satoshi is a group of individuals, making such an analysis almost impossible I agree. My bet is at least two: one theory heavy "ideas guy" and one more software engineering oriented programmer who did the heavy lifting on implementation. And I have also noticed that these types of analysis are for single authored documents. I suspect it will stay a secret for a long time... maybe we'll get some deathbed confessions in a few decades.