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Van Nuys, Los Angeles, CA was where the IP was located. > IP Address: 68.164.57.219 > IP Block: 68.164.57.128 – 68.164.57.255 > Reverse DNS: h-68-164-57-219.

Van Nuys, Los Angeles, CA was where the IP was located. > IP Address: 68.164.57.219 > IP Block: 68.164.57.128 – 68.164.57.255 > Reverse DNS: h-68-164-57-219.lsan.ca.dynamic.megapath.net > Host: Covad Communications. Van Nuys, CA, USA > Location: Van Nuys, CA, USA Could have even been something like Satoshi wasn't on his normal setup at the time and it slipped through. Maybe on vacation or a wireless connection that connected near there. Or the IP lookup was even slightly off and they were in Sherman Oaks or anything really. Sometimes even wireless connections can appear to come from an entirely different state based on the network. The IP could have also been spoofed or temporary. Covad Communications was the 16th biggest ISP at the time and then "Covad was acquired a by private equity firm, Platinum Equity, in April 2008. In 2010, it was sold to U.S. Venture Partners, which merged Covad, and Speakeasy into MegaPath." [1] It appears when this IP connected (Jan 2009) it was owned by the private equity firm Platinum Equity [2]. The IP was definitely logged in Los Angeles, beyond that it could be anything. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covad [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platinum_Equity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platinum_Equity

petertodd 5y ago
> Maybe on vacation or a wireless connection that connected near there. Bitcoin had been released a few days prior to that log file. So unlikely to be on vacation. As I mentioned in another comment, the IRC seeding mechanism isn't necessary to use Bitcoin, and it was publicly released at the time, so no reason to assume this is Satoshi.
- drawkbox 5y ago
  Potentially just living there, or there for something, or a false positive. > Bitcoin had been released a few days prior to that log file. So unlikely to be on vacation. Vacations are great for after shipping though, after the long slog of a project. Since it was new it would be a good time to escape before all the support requests and more usage increased. Maybe they couldn't stay away from that draw and then got a bit lazy on vacation in terms of opsec. Or maybe not. Good info nonetheless, it is one potential clue or not in the mystery.
  - ryantgtg 5y ago
    And Van Nuys is a premiere vacation destination. I’m sure he was feeling the pull toward that idyllic locale more than ever after that long slog.
davmar 5y ago
So I went to https://anarchapulco.com/ https://anarchapulco.com/ in 2018. There I met a guy who claimed to know who Satoshi is. He said Satoshi was from LA, and that the keys to the wallet that hold all those unclaimed bitcoins are buried in a backyard in LA. Would be worth billions now. No idea if true.
- koolba 5y ago
  If you think LA housing prices are crazy now, just wait till people start factoring in potential billions of dollars buried in the backyard.
  - seoaeu 5y ago
    A couple billion dollars divided by the number of houses in LA... actually wouldn't add that much value to the housing prices. After all, the total assessed value of real estate in the county is about $1.7 trillion.
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    - larsiusprime 5y ago
      As best I can figure, America's land alone is worth somewhere between $22-44 trillion, and that's not including any of the buildings. (Manhattan's land alone is worth about $1.7 trillion according to my sources) https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/does-georgism-work-is-land-really https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/does-georgism-work-is-... So one multibillion dollar thumb drive is even less when spread out over everything in LA!
      - robocat 5y ago
        Does it even make sense to divorce the price of land from the buildings? Developed farmland also has a different value from virgin land, but the difference is ignored. Manhattan's land would not be worth 1.7T$ if it were just farmland. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-24/manhattan-s-land-value-is-an-incredible-1-74-trillion https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-24/manhattan...

petertodd 5y ago

> Maybe on vacation or a wireless connection that connected near there. Bitcoin had been released a few days prior to that log file. So unlikely to be on vacation. As I mentioned in another comment, the IRC seeding mechanism isn't necessary to use Bitcoin, and it was publicly released at the time, so no reason to assume this is Satoshi.

drawkbox 5y ago
Potentially just living there, or there for something, or a false positive. > Bitcoin had been released a few days prior to that log file. So unlikely to be on vacation. Vacations are great for after shipping though, after the long slog of a project. Since it was new it would be a good time to escape before all the support requests and more usage increased. Maybe they couldn't stay away from that draw and then got a bit lazy on vacation in terms of opsec. Or maybe not. Good info nonetheless, it is one potential clue or not in the mystery.
- ryantgtg 5y ago
  And Van Nuys is a premiere vacation destination. I’m sure he was feeling the pull toward that idyllic locale more than ever after that long slog.

davmar 5y ago

So I went to https://anarchapulco.com/ https://anarchapulco.com/ in 2018. There I met a guy who claimed to know who Satoshi is. He said Satoshi was from LA, and that the keys to the wallet that hold all those unclaimed bitcoins are buried in a backyard in LA. Would be worth billions now. No idea if true.

koolba 5y ago
If you think LA housing prices are crazy now, just wait till people start factoring in potential billions of dollars buried in the backyard.
- seoaeu 5y ago
  A couple billion dollars divided by the number of houses in LA... actually wouldn't add that much value to the housing prices. After all, the total assessed value of real estate in the county is about $1.7 trillion.
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  - larsiusprime 5y ago
    As best I can figure, America's land alone is worth somewhere between $22-44 trillion, and that's not including any of the buildings. (Manhattan's land alone is worth about $1.7 trillion according to my sources) https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/does-georgism-work-is-land-really https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/does-georgism-work-is-... So one multibillion dollar thumb drive is even less when spread out over everything in LA!
    - robocat 5y ago
      Does it even make sense to divorce the price of land from the buildings? Developed farmland also has a different value from virgin land, but the difference is ignored. Manhattan's land would not be worth 1.7T$ if it were just farmland. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-24/manhattan-s-land-value-is-an-incredible-1-74-trillion https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-24/manhattan...