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I firmly believe that Nick Szabo is Satoshi. Academic background, studies currencies, highly intelligent, worked on bitcoin-esque project before. Perhaps he had

I firmly believe that Nick Szabo is Satoshi. Academic background, studies currencies, highly intelligent, worked on bitcoin-esque project before. Perhaps he had some help from a few close friends who do not know him as Satoshi.

throwawaylolx 8y ago
I'm pretty sure most people in the Bitcoin community know this, but it's generally avoided as a topic of discussion out of respect for Szabo.
- mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
  Totally. I just pointed it out as others have speculated. I'm sure nobody will bother him about it and respect his denial. I wouldn't want to be outed as Satoshi either.
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bitxbitxbitcoin 8y ago
I think it was a group of people and Nick Szabo was definitely involved. Have you seen these basic stylometry analysis results that somewhat support this theory? https://towardsdatascience.com/stylometric-analysis-satoshi-nakamoto-294926cdf995 https://towardsdatascience.com/stylometric-analysis-satoshi-...
anonytrary 8y ago
Nick Szabo as Satoshi Nakamoto seems way too obvious to be true -- I'm guessing he's probably a honeypot for Nakamoto's identity, so that the true Nakamoto remains hidden. That, or like another commenter mentioned, Nakamoto is a group of people and Nick Szabo may have had some involvement.
abecedarius 8y ago
He denied it. I'd doubt it on other grounds too, but that's good enough for me.
- sneak 8y ago
  I asked him about it directly, in person, in private, in a place not likely to be surveilled, and he denied it then, too. But there are incentives to maintain it as a separate cover identity, of course. Ultimately I personally don’t give two fucks about who Satoshi is/was but the fact that it has become this central witchhunt and front page news has taught me a tremendous amount about brand building and the power and necessity of identity and narrative in our society and world.
arzt 8y ago
For the sake of the entire space, I'd hope this belief was whispered about in darker corners than HN ;)

throwawaylolx 8y ago

I'm pretty sure most people in the Bitcoin community know this, but it's generally avoided as a topic of discussion out of respect for Szabo.

mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
Totally. I just pointed it out as others have speculated. I'm sure nobody will bother him about it and respect his denial. I wouldn't want to be outed as Satoshi either.

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bitxbitxbitcoin 8y ago

I think it was a group of people and Nick Szabo was definitely involved. Have you seen these basic stylometry analysis results that somewhat support this theory? https://towardsdatascience.com/stylometric-analysis-satoshi-nakamoto-294926cdf995 https://towardsdatascience.com/stylometric-analysis-satoshi-...

anonytrary 8y ago

Nick Szabo as Satoshi Nakamoto seems way too obvious to be true -- I'm guessing he's probably a honeypot for Nakamoto's identity, so that the true Nakamoto remains hidden. That, or like another commenter mentioned, Nakamoto is a group of people and Nick Szabo may have had some involvement.

abecedarius 8y ago

He denied it. I'd doubt it on other grounds too, but that's good enough for me.

sneak 8y ago
I asked him about it directly, in person, in private, in a place not likely to be surveilled, and he denied it then, too. But there are incentives to maintain it as a separate cover identity, of course. Ultimately I personally don’t give two fucks about who Satoshi is/was but the fact that it has become this central witchhunt and front page news has taught me a tremendous amount about brand building and the power and necessity of identity and narrative in our society and world.

arzt 8y ago

For the sake of the entire space, I'd hope this belief was whispered about in darker corners than HN ;)