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To me the most appealing hypothesis was this comment https://web.archive.org/web/20240407013631/https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1bxqnpq/new_the

• jonahbenton 2y ago
  Some very interesting and applicable work happening among Japanese scientists in the late 1990s. "Satoshi" is either dead or Japanese, no one else could keep quiet.
• jeremyjh 2y ago
  I agree it sounds really compelling that those three names are involved, but as mentioned they could just be influences that motivated that particular pseudonym. It would be hard for three people to keep such a secret.
  • Loughla 2y ago
    It would also be hard for three people to stay alive and in each other's good graces with the amount of money on the table. There's no way it was multiple people.