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Time to find out who Satoshi Nakamoto is

conorcleary 12d ago
Was it sourceforge or ThinkGeek that had the code snippets?
nowittyusername 12d ago
IMO its https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Finney_(computer_scientist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Finney_(computer_scientist...
- kirubakaran 12d ago
  imho it is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Szabo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Szabo Initials match too ;)
- Aboutplants 12d ago
  “Finney died in Phoenix, Arizona, on August 28, 2014 as a result of complications of ALS, and was cryopreserved by the Alcor Life Extension Foundation.” Hmm, this guy is going to be woken up in a few decades, either one of the richest people in the world or one of most disappointed.
reducesuffering 12d ago
Already determined, but yes frontier models will eventually identify them confidently
bell-cot 12d ago
That was a throw-away name, and "he" was fabricated as part of an Nvidia demand-stimulation black op. You don't go from being an obscure video card outfit to the #1 most valuable company on the planet by being too hesitant or dim to really get creative.
- brcmthrowaway 12d ago
  This is one of the best conspiracies I've ever heard...
  - derektank 12d ago
    It does provide an explanation as to why Satoshi’s wallets have gone untouched (besides him being dead). $70B ain’t that much compared to a $5T market cap.
  - bell-cot 12d ago
    "Conspiracy" requires an unlawful or wrongful purpose. Please assume that the op was run from a jurisdiction where using a pseudonym on the internet was not illegal, and various sorts of influencer and meme marketing were well-accepted practices. Really, compared to an animated tiger telling kids that sugar-laden Frosted Flakes(tm) are "Great!", Task Peppermint was positively benevolent.
    - brcmthrowaway 12d ago
      Do you really believe it?
      - bell-cot 12d ago
        In the True Conspiracy Theorist sense of Believe? No. It's an obvious Follow The Money theory, with Nvidia being particularly topical, a few "how might a rational business exec do this?" details, and Task Peppermint thrown on as an amusement. I could say something similar with (say) Britain's GCHQ as the mastermind - though their motives would be less clear.
    - cindyllm 12d ago
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- zahlman 12d ago
  > and "he" was fabricated as part of an Nvidia demand-stimulation black op. ... in 2008?!
andai 12d ago
I read a few years back a report that the DoD had unmasked him via stylometry (i.e. matched his writing style to forum posts).

Was it sourceforge or ThinkGeek that had the code snippets?

IMO its https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Finney_(computer_scientist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Finney_(computer_scientist...

kirubakaran 12d ago
imho it is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Szabo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Szabo Initials match too ;)
Aboutplants 12d ago
“Finney died in Phoenix, Arizona, on August 28, 2014 as a result of complications of ALS, and was cryopreserved by the Alcor Life Extension Foundation.” Hmm, this guy is going to be woken up in a few decades, either one of the richest people in the world or one of most disappointed.

reducesuffering 12d ago

Already determined, but yes frontier models will eventually identify them confidently

bell-cot 12d ago

That was a throw-away name, and "he" was fabricated as part of an Nvidia demand-stimulation black op. You don't go from being an obscure video card outfit to the #1 most valuable company on the planet by being too hesitant or dim to really get creative.

brcmthrowaway 12d ago
This is one of the best conspiracies I've ever heard...
- derektank 12d ago
  It does provide an explanation as to why Satoshi’s wallets have gone untouched (besides him being dead). $70B ain’t that much compared to a $5T market cap.
- bell-cot 12d ago
  "Conspiracy" requires an unlawful or wrongful purpose. Please assume that the op was run from a jurisdiction where using a pseudonym on the internet was not illegal, and various sorts of influencer and meme marketing were well-accepted practices. Really, compared to an animated tiger telling kids that sugar-laden Frosted Flakes(tm) are "Great!", Task Peppermint was positively benevolent.
  - brcmthrowaway 12d ago
    Do you really believe it?
    - bell-cot 12d ago
      In the True Conspiracy Theorist sense of Believe? No. It's an obvious Follow The Money theory, with Nvidia being particularly topical, a few "how might a rational business exec do this?" details, and Task Peppermint thrown on as an amusement. I could say something similar with (say) Britain's GCHQ as the mastermind - though their motives would be less clear.
  - cindyllm 12d ago
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zahlman 12d ago
> and "he" was fabricated as part of an Nvidia demand-stimulation black op. ... in 2008?!

andai 12d ago

I read a few years back a report that the DoD had unmasked him via stylometry (i.e. matched his writing style to forum posts).