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Let's be Clear: I didn't invent Bitcoin

40 points by ook 15y ago

ook 15y ago
A follow up to https://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/10/03/141011155/did-a-reporter-just-solve-the-bitcoin-mystery https://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/10/03/141011155/did-a-r... Which was discussed in http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3068991 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3068991
Mithrandir 15y ago
"'I think he didn’t get my sense of humour there – maybe it was a little dry for him,' Clear says. Above all, though, he says, 'I have never been deeply interested in economics.'" Wait, so it was just a big misunderstanding?
satoshi 15y ago
Isn't Wei Dai more likely? Dai wrote the original paper on b-money, Satoshi's coding style is remarkably similar to Dai's, and bitcoin makes extensive use of Dai's Crypto++ library. Dai doesn't like attention.
- kiba 15y ago
  Wei Dai said that Satoshi independently thought of and invent bitcoin without reading his b-money article until after the fact. At least that's what I remember
  - satoshi 15y ago
    So either Wei Dai isn't Satoshi, or he doesn't want to admit it. That doesn't help because we already knew that whoever is Satoshi doesn't want to admit it.
    - EwanG 15y ago
      But... But... you ARE satoshi... unless you are claiming that case matters here... :-)
ff0066mote 15y ago
Why does it matter who came up with the idea for bitcoin? The protocol and the code are freely available for anyone to review. I don't understand why people are pursuing a guy who didn't do anything wrong and doesn't want to be found.
- DiabloD3 15y ago
  Because people want to tear apart the fact that, essentially, Anonymous writes code. They can't leave it alone.
- gojomo 15y ago
  Isn't curiousity enough? When people like a creation, people also want to know about its creator(s). See also: Steve Jobs.
- Game_Ender 15y ago
  There is one reason: If you think bitcoin is some kind of pyramid like scam he is going to make a lot of money from it. As the creator he was able to accumulate many bitcoins while mining was still easy.
gojomo 15y ago
Ok, cue everyone with any background in crypto or P2P disclaiming they are Satoshi. "I am not Spartacus."

40 points by ook 15y ago

ook 15y ago

A follow up to https://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/10/03/141011155/did-a-reporter-just-solve-the-bitcoin-mystery https://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/10/03/141011155/did-a-r... Which was discussed in http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3068991 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3068991

Mithrandir 15y ago

"'I think he didn’t get my sense of humour there – maybe it was a little dry for him,' Clear says. Above all, though, he says, 'I have never been deeply interested in economics.'" Wait, so it was just a big misunderstanding?

satoshi 15y ago

Isn't Wei Dai more likely? Dai wrote the original paper on b-money, Satoshi's coding style is remarkably similar to Dai's, and bitcoin makes extensive use of Dai's Crypto++ library. Dai doesn't like attention.

kiba 15y ago
Wei Dai said that Satoshi independently thought of and invent bitcoin without reading his b-money article until after the fact. At least that's what I remember
- satoshi 15y ago
  So either Wei Dai isn't Satoshi, or he doesn't want to admit it. That doesn't help because we already knew that whoever is Satoshi doesn't want to admit it.
  - EwanG 15y ago
    But... But... you ARE satoshi... unless you are claiming that case matters here... :-)

ff0066mote 15y ago

Why does it matter who came up with the idea for bitcoin? The protocol and the code are freely available for anyone to review. I don't understand why people are pursuing a guy who didn't do anything wrong and doesn't want to be found.

DiabloD3 15y ago
Because people want to tear apart the fact that, essentially, Anonymous writes code. They can't leave it alone.
gojomo 15y ago
Isn't curiousity enough? When people like a creation, people also want to know about its creator(s). See also: Steve Jobs.
Game_Ender 15y ago
There is one reason: If you think bitcoin is some kind of pyramid like scam he is going to make a lot of money from it. As the creator he was able to accumulate many bitcoins while mining was still easy.

gojomo 15y ago

Ok, cue everyone with any background in crypto or P2P disclaiming they are Satoshi. "I am not Spartacus."