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I think that's a misleading litmus test. Only yen could be worked around through a prepaid card, stolen card number, gratis account, and probably other methods
by jfoster 13y ago
I think that's a misleading litmus test.
Only yen could be worked around through a prepaid card, stolen card number, gratis account, and probably other methods I'm not aware of.
Lack of English support doesn't necessarily make the person Japanese. Westerners can learn Japanese or use translation tools.
- gwern 13y agoWell, of course you can excuse it away (at the cost of adding complicating details and raising the question of why, if they used one of your suggestions, they later switched to the 21x more expensive Anonymousspeech hosting). The point of the test is to quickly asses whether the person trying to dox Satoshi has done even their basic homework and realized that it's an issue for their theory? If they haven't even looked at the Bitcoin.org WHOIS history, that says something important about the depth of their research into the question.
- sentenza 13y agoHowever, the null hypothesis here should be clearly: The NSA is SN. Crypto knowledge? Check. Ability to hide identity? Check. Cultural expertise? Check. Everything else that could possibly be needed? Check!
- gwern 13y agoNo, that's not the null hypothesis. The NSA does not dabble in digital currency, nor does it release vast complex systems with huge bugs in them