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Satoshi regularly took two spaces after a period. He uses vocabulary tied to British There is a famous British cryptographer called Adam Back, who is also the

Satoshi regularly took two spaces after a period. He uses vocabulary tied to British There is a famous British cryptographer called Adam Back, who is also the inventor of the proof of work method laid out on the paper “hashcash”. He also leaves two spaces after a period (or used too) I don’t think it really matters who created it. If you read the political story of bitcoin things look a lot clearer. “The Blocksize War: The Battle Over Who Controls Bitcoin's Protocol Rules” is a good entry point

adrianmonk 3y ago
> Satoshi regularly took two spaces after a period. So did I, for a long time, because I was taught that way in typing class. And so were millions of other people. It's how it was usually done on typewriters. It supposedly made the text easier to read. It has fallen out of fashion now. I eventually switched to one space once I realized things were going that direction. I'm not sure if I had switched by 2009. So I think this just tells you that Satoshi is probably old enough to have been taught the old rule.
- hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
  I will say, I did enjoy reading abriosi's assumption, though. As I get older I get more aware of the things I just "took for granted" that everyone knows (because nearly everyone in my generation does know it) are really just generation-specific. Like when I learned most kids can't read cursive anymore. Or that, for a long time, my use of "emoji noses", :-), really dated me (and I still think it looks better with a nose than without!) So I admit I had a similar chuckle with the idea that putting two spaces after a period was a unique characteristic! Even well into the PC era, 2 spaces was the norm before proportional fonts became widespread. And I still had a heck of a time moving to a single space because it just looked so weird to me.
asciii 3y ago
I think you're spot on. Plus, the use of "colour" (with u) and reference to something as "rather Neanderthal"
freeAgent 3y ago
Adam Back is far too jealous of Satoshi inventing Bitcoin. He put, “Bitcoin is HashCash extended with inflation control” in his Twitter profile for years after he got into Bitcoin after initially dismissing it when contacted by Satoshi. Back definitely isn’t Satoshi.
- rl3 3y ago
  The perfect ruse. /s
- whiterknight 3y ago
  And too greedy. Why would he be doing this weird startups and marketing schemes if he already had all the money?
  - freeAgent 3y ago
    Yeah, there are many, many reasons why Back is not and cannot be Satoshi. These emails also provide more evidence that Satoshi was what would later be called a “Big Blocker” in favor of on-chain scaling and minimal tx fees set by nodes independently (though likely converging). Back is famously a Small Blocker who employed all the major Small Blocker devs with Blockstream, which ended up effectively controlling Bitcoin Core. Thankfully, we still have Bitcoin Cash following Satoshi’s intended path for scaling.
    - voldacar 3y ago
      Even if this is correct (which it probably is) it doesn't matter because bch is worthless because it doesn't have the name bitcoin. Whoever controls bitcoin core controls the meaning of the word "bitcoin" so if the bch people never find a way to wrest back control from the blockstream people then this whole thing is just irrelevant. History is written by the victors, etc
      - freeAgent 3y ago
        That perspective is valid, but it’s not mine. BCH is bigger than Bitcoin circa Satoshi’s days already. I’m honestly not too concerned about it. The Bitcoin that I became interested in still exists. It just isn’t called BTC/“Bitcoin” anymore.
swamp40 3y ago
Two spaces after a period just means you learned on a typewriter. I still do it.
- swamp40 3y ago
  Hah, HN shrunk it down to one space.
  - Dove 3y ago
    Actually, the browser did. Your double space is still there in the page source. :) (I still do it, too, and mine is also there.)
- deleted 3y ago
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- silisili 3y ago
  I learned on a PC, and we were taught that way initially also. I still think it makes sentences easier to read, so still do it. Though usually on mobile it's .nn because that's where my thumb always wants to land.
lawn 3y ago
Adam Back, who when asked how to scale Bitcoin while waiting for LN answered that we should let a "local technology expert" setup a tab. Just, no.

adrianmonk 3y ago

> Satoshi regularly took two spaces after a period. So did I, for a long time, because I was taught that way in typing class. And so were millions of other people. It's how it was usually done on typewriters. It supposedly made the text easier to read. It has fallen out of fashion now. I eventually switched to one space once I realized things were going that direction. I'm not sure if I had switched by 2009. So I think this just tells you that Satoshi is probably old enough to have been taught the old rule.

hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
I will say, I did enjoy reading abriosi's assumption, though. As I get older I get more aware of the things I just "took for granted" that everyone knows (because nearly everyone in my generation does know it) are really just generation-specific. Like when I learned most kids can't read cursive anymore. Or that, for a long time, my use of "emoji noses", :-), really dated me (and I still think it looks better with a nose than without!) So I admit I had a similar chuckle with the idea that putting two spaces after a period was a unique characteristic! Even well into the PC era, 2 spaces was the norm before proportional fonts became widespread. And I still had a heck of a time moving to a single space because it just looked so weird to me.

asciii 3y ago

I think you're spot on. Plus, the use of "colour" (with u) and reference to something as "rather Neanderthal"

freeAgent 3y ago

Adam Back is far too jealous of Satoshi inventing Bitcoin. He put, “Bitcoin is HashCash extended with inflation control” in his Twitter profile for years after he got into Bitcoin after initially dismissing it when contacted by Satoshi. Back definitely isn’t Satoshi.

rl3 3y ago
The perfect ruse. /s
whiterknight 3y ago
And too greedy. Why would he be doing this weird startups and marketing schemes if he already had all the money?
- freeAgent 3y ago
  Yeah, there are many, many reasons why Back is not and cannot be Satoshi. These emails also provide more evidence that Satoshi was what would later be called a “Big Blocker” in favor of on-chain scaling and minimal tx fees set by nodes independently (though likely converging). Back is famously a Small Blocker who employed all the major Small Blocker devs with Blockstream, which ended up effectively controlling Bitcoin Core. Thankfully, we still have Bitcoin Cash following Satoshi’s intended path for scaling.
  - voldacar 3y ago
    Even if this is correct (which it probably is) it doesn't matter because bch is worthless because it doesn't have the name bitcoin. Whoever controls bitcoin core controls the meaning of the word "bitcoin" so if the bch people never find a way to wrest back control from the blockstream people then this whole thing is just irrelevant. History is written by the victors, etc
    - freeAgent 3y ago
      That perspective is valid, but it’s not mine. BCH is bigger than Bitcoin circa Satoshi’s days already. I’m honestly not too concerned about it. The Bitcoin that I became interested in still exists. It just isn’t called BTC/“Bitcoin” anymore.

swamp40 3y ago

Two spaces after a period just means you learned on a typewriter. I still do it.

swamp40 3y ago
Hah, HN shrunk it down to one space.
- Dove 3y ago
  Actually, the browser did. Your double space is still there in the page source. :) (I still do it, too, and mine is also there.)
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silisili 3y ago
I learned on a PC, and we were taught that way initially also. I still think it makes sentences easier to read, so still do it. Though usually on mobile it's .nn because that's where my thumb always wants to land.

lawn 3y ago

Adam Back, who when asked how to scale Bitcoin while waiting for LN answered that we should let a "local technology expert" setup a tab. Just, no.