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Nick Szabo[0] is the more likely candidate in my opinion, but I doubt that it's either of them. Adam Back was quite late to the game and initially dismissed Bit

Nick Szabo[0] is the more likely candidate in my opinion, but I doubt that it's either of them. Adam Back was quite late to the game and initially dismissed Bitcoin. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Szabo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Szabo

zadler 4y ago
Adam back wasn't late to the game, he was there in 1998.
- olalonde 4y ago
  To the Bitcoin game. He only started showing interest in Bitcoin when it was well into the multi billion$ market cap.
sph 4y ago
Every time people mention Szabo, and every time someone needs to debunk this rumour. I'm on the phone, so it won't be me this time. One of the many argument against this theory is that Szabo is not much of a computer programmer, and Satoshi was very fluent with C++ among other skills. There's Hal Finney, the creator of PGP, which was a good programmer, a cypherpunk, and died a few years ago. The fact that Satoshi has shown inhuman restraint in showing up or saying a single world since 201x would be neatly explained if they were dead. I already talked at length about this, but no human would be able to keep their mouth shut and assets frozen if they were alive today and held a few billion dollars and spiritual reigns of the most controversial economic invention of the century. Not a single one. Let alone with the best opsec ever seen not to be nabbed, identified or killed by any of the major intelligence agencies in the world. Occam's razor.
- olalonde 4y ago
  I specifically said I didn't think it was Szabo... I agree that Satoshi is probably dead, but I don't think it's Hal Finney either. It's most probably someone who isn't on anyone's radar.
- Stagnant 4y ago
  I think it is very unlikely to be Hal Finney either. Andy Greenberg's interview with Finney a few months prior to his death, with Finney's wife and son also being present convinced me of that at least. https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2014/03/25/satoshi-nakamotos-neighbor-the-bitcoin-ghostwriter-who-wasnt/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2014/03/25/satosh...
- withinboredom 4y ago
  or they were from the future... :tinfoil-hat:
- lupire 4y ago
  There are many billionaires, far more noisy and opsecless than Satoshi, who have never been "nabbed" by anyone.

zadler 4y ago

Adam back wasn't late to the game, he was there in 1998.

olalonde 4y ago
To the Bitcoin game. He only started showing interest in Bitcoin when it was well into the multi billion$ market cap.

sph 4y ago

Every time people mention Szabo, and every time someone needs to debunk this rumour. I'm on the phone, so it won't be me this time. One of the many argument against this theory is that Szabo is not much of a computer programmer, and Satoshi was very fluent with C++ among other skills. There's Hal Finney, the creator of PGP, which was a good programmer, a cypherpunk, and died a few years ago. The fact that Satoshi has shown inhuman restraint in showing up or saying a single world since 201x would be neatly explained if they were dead. I already talked at length about this, but no human would be able to keep their mouth shut and assets frozen if they were alive today and held a few billion dollars and spiritual reigns of the most controversial economic invention of the century. Not a single one. Let alone with the best opsec ever seen not to be nabbed, identified or killed by any of the major intelligence agencies in the world. Occam's razor.

olalonde 4y ago
I specifically said I didn't think it was Szabo... I agree that Satoshi is probably dead, but I don't think it's Hal Finney either. It's most probably someone who isn't on anyone's radar.
Stagnant 4y ago
I think it is very unlikely to be Hal Finney either. Andy Greenberg's interview with Finney a few months prior to his death, with Finney's wife and son also being present convinced me of that at least. https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2014/03/25/satoshi-nakamotos-neighbor-the-bitcoin-ghostwriter-who-wasnt/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2014/03/25/satosh...
withinboredom 4y ago
or they were from the future... :tinfoil-hat:
lupire 4y ago
There are many billionaires, far more noisy and opsecless than Satoshi, who have never been "nabbed" by anyone.