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My favorite theory, Satoshi is a state actor and couldn't care less.
by throwawayffffas 5y ago
My favorite theory, Satoshi is a state actor and couldn't care less.
- Loughla 5y agoOh man. Can you imagine the absolute online shit-fest if that turned out to be true? Satoshi is China, or the US.
- champagnois 5y agoOr Israel? The genesis block contains a huge front page news storey of Israeli tanks rolling into Gaza, images and all, put there by Satoshi themself.
- brokensegue 5y agoThe Genesis block very clearly referenced a bank bailout.
- champagnois 5y agoYes, but on the subject of plausible state actors -- Israel is among them. They also have a very advanced cohort of computer scientists and a booming crypto industry. There were even early cryptominers produced there, iirc. It would not surprise me in the least if their state was behind the SN pseudonym. Also... SN could have used any news article from any publication discussing the bailouts -- they made a choice to use a page with a massive graphic of Israeli tanks rolling into territory, rather than, say, any page from a more financially focused paper like WSJ... This could be just noise or it could be there as some form of nationalism or affinity for the image and storey.
- throwawayffffas 5y agoMy money is on North Korea. If it was them it has been really successful.
- orbifold 5y agoPretty sure it is the NSA (Nakamoto SAtoshi), most likely they’ve broken the underlying cryptographic primitives and now use Bitcoins as their slush fund. It also fits perfectly with their mission statement, as they can now precisely track almost all illicit transactions and they should be able to unmask both source and targets pretty easily.
- mbg721 5y ago"Satoshi and D.B. Cooper can't be charged with the same crime!" (whispers) "I have the worst $#@&ing attorneys..."