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One of the more plausible invention stories is that Satoshi was an arms trafficker who needed a verifiable way to pay large sums of cash anonymously, so it isn’
by floatingatoll 7y ago
One of the more plausible invention stories is that Satoshi was an arms trafficker who needed a verifiable way to pay large sums of cash anonymously, so it isn’t a lot of work to consider that it could be used successfully for such purposes. That won’t stop idiots from being caught by good investigative work - nothing can prevent that! - but it certainly does appear to meet the needs of highly competent criminals, whatever other pros and cons it may have.
- arcticbull 7y ago> One of the more plausible invention stories is that Satoshi was an arms trafficker who needed a verifiable way to pay large sums of cash anonymously. Let's leave the conspiracy theories to the pro-Bitcoin folks, it's kind of their speciality.
- floatingatoll 7y agoPreviously on HN, 4 months ago, front page, 181 votes, 146 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20115607 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20115607 Has the site policy towards this topic shifted since that recent highly-popular post with long-time HN contributors commenting in it?
- arcticbull 7y agoI'll be the first to apologize for dismissing your comment. The crypto space is full of outlandish claims, wild conspiracy theories and general craziness. I think the way you phrased your comment caused me to dismiss it, and without linking to evidence I took it as "just another (pro-/anti-)crypto conspiracy theory." That article is a great read, though while I’m not sold yet, there’s certainly a compelling narrative there :) I've removed my downvotes.
- floatingatoll 7y agoIt’s okay :) I tried to be precise and I’m sorry it wasn’t close enough :(
- RandomBacon 7y agoSatoshi writings show he/she/they knew it wasn't anonymous. If that was the goal, then surely Satoshi would have kept working on it until it got there right?