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> Hal Finney (the creator of Bitcoin) To be clear, this isn't definitive, as he is one of many individuals suspected to be Satoshi Nakamoto.
by v64 7y ago
> Hal Finney (the creator of Bitcoin)
To be clear, this isn't definitive, as he is one of many individuals suspected to be Satoshi Nakamoto.
- RL_Quine 7y agoReally speculating people are some anonymous person that doesn't want to be identified is at best, rude, otherwise dangerous. Don't make assertions you can't prove, despite the man being dead.
- EthanHeilman 7y agoI think it is fair to say he is "a" creator of Bitcoin given all the early work he did to make the project a success but there is no evidence that he is the inventor of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. As an unrelated side note it is worth reading his post from 2009 when we talks about having ALS: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/bshZiaLefDejvPKuS/dying-outside https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/bshZiaLefDejvPKuS/dying-outs... I have a memory of discovering this essay on hn, but I can no longer find the discussion. Maybe I remembered it wrong. Edit: I found it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=867623 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=867623