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It's not an original idea. It was popularized a few years ago by Evan Ratliff, author of a book about Paul Le Roux, 'The Mastermind' Convenient for the author

by dibt 4y ago

It's not an original idea. It was popularized a few years ago by Evan Ratliff, author of a book about Paul Le Roux, 'The Mastermind' Convenient for the author to discover the link to Le Roux. Then talk about it on podcasts while promoting his book, and have articles written about him. All Shkreli does is promote himself to get eyes on whatever he's doing next. You can't ignore the incentives. It's difficult to prove who Satoshi is or is not. Craig Wright made a succesful career out of it. Also, Shkreli has been critical of Bitcoin. Picking Le Roux, a criminal, as Satoshi helps to paint Bitcoin in a bad light.

ElijahLynn 4y ago
Thanks for sharing that important context and perspective.
ElijahLynn 4y ago
Also, my question means: How did he figure out how to decrypt that hash into the plain text message?
- dibt 4y ago
  Someone gave him the signature to verify the hash. He explains it during this stream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjE4dEX2z9E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjE4dEX2z9E You can just watch the first 10-ish minutes to get the gist. He gets the same push back he's getting here. Still confidently says "Paul Le Roux is Satoshi."
  - ElijahLynn 4y ago
    I'm watching the video and from where I started Martin is talking to the person who gave him this info and he is reading these very comments and the comments on his blog post and being very skeptical and also thinks it is fake now too. Very good watch, and I like the non-attachment to the specific outcome Martin has towards all of this. He is looking at this objectively.
lostmsu 4y ago
The question is where did he get the signature from?
- dibt 4y ago
  Someone gave him the signature to verify the hash. He explains it during this stream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjE4dEX2z9E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjE4dEX2z9E Someone else suggested he could have bought the signature. It wouldn't surprise me.
kevinmchugh 4y ago
Ratliff in the book said a lot of people suggested this to him, and he never found any evidence of it.

by dibt 4y ago

ElijahLynn 4y ago

Thanks for sharing that important context and perspective.

ElijahLynn 4y ago

Also, my question means: How did he figure out how to decrypt that hash into the plain text message?

dibt 4y ago
Someone gave him the signature to verify the hash. He explains it during this stream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjE4dEX2z9E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjE4dEX2z9E You can just watch the first 10-ish minutes to get the gist. He gets the same push back he's getting here. Still confidently says "Paul Le Roux is Satoshi."
- ElijahLynn 4y ago
  I'm watching the video and from where I started Martin is talking to the person who gave him this info and he is reading these very comments and the comments on his blog post and being very skeptical and also thinks it is fake now too. Very good watch, and I like the non-attachment to the specific outcome Martin has towards all of this. He is looking at this objectively.

lostmsu 4y ago

The question is where did he get the signature from?

dibt 4y ago
Someone gave him the signature to verify the hash. He explains it during this stream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjE4dEX2z9E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjE4dEX2z9E Someone else suggested he could have bought the signature. It wouldn't surprise me.

kevinmchugh 4y ago

Ratliff in the book said a lot of people suggested this to him, and he never found any evidence of it.