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Yes, 2014 in fact is when Hal Finney died, a few months after that post. He is perhaps the strongest candidate for Satoshi, and if so we'll probably never know.
by diego 6y ago
Yes, 2014 in fact is when Hal Finney died, a few months after that post. He is perhaps the strongest candidate for Satoshi, and if so we'll probably never know.
- kragen 6y agoMaybe if the cryonics thing works out, but that's a long shot.
- VectorLock 6y agoThats a serious sci-fi plot right there. Man cryonically freezes himself after inventing a cryptocurrency, wakes up in the far future the richest man in the world.
- fearthetelomere 6y agoGuessing you haven't seen Futurama. Not the same exact plot of course, but I immediately thought of it. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fishful_of_Dollars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fishful_of_Dollars
- VectorLock 6y agoYes I've seen that episode. The crypto/most wealthy man in the world thing would be a variation of that. They'd also be the typical Human Popsicle tropes about how horrified he'd be by how his creation was used.
- shawnz 6y agoInteresting to wonder if he simply memorized the keys before being frozen, hoping that he could remember them if he were ever resuscitated.
- kragen 6y agoBitcoin is already pretty freaking sci-fi-plottish.
- VectorLock 6y agoThe whole Satoshi mythology is to me one of the greatest modern mysteries.
- Tenoke 6y agoIt's also possible Satoshi gave Finney access to that email and more just in case there's something important enough, I guess.