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What is the purpose of identifying who Satoshi is at this point?
by atmosx 13y ago
What is the purpose of identifying who Satoshi is at this point?
- parfe 13y agoTo add drama to the bitcoin discussion. If someone finds a name then we get to talk about an arrest record, read interviews with an ex spouse or neighbors, get to discuss his or her political positions and personal motivations, perhaps nefarious! People aren't interested in a name. They want a story. It'll be like E! For HN. Just look at how snowden himself garnered as much disscussion as the activities he revealed.
- vladd 13y agoThe original developer is most likely the person that mined the initial block-chains and is most likely owning a fortune due to the ability to market successfully that particular mining-validation algorithm to the world.
- 1337biz 13y agoAnd? Has owning a fortune by become a reason to dox somebody?
- jrochkind1 13y agoWhat is the purpose of 'Satoshi' remaining anonymous/psuedonymous at this point?
- moocowduckquack 13y agoFor Satoshi, I suspect it might be nice to not have to pay for security personnel.
- chime 13y agoI prefer Satoshi being an anonymous techie than a fallible human. Imagine Bitcoin grows 10-100x over the next few years. I don't want Satoshi's divorce to threaten the entire ecosystem.
- jrochkind1 13y agowe've all got our preferences I guess.
- macspoofing 13y agoHistorical curiosity, mainly. There maybe some other good reasons for knowing his identity. If, for example, Satoshi was employed by some State Intelligence agency (or had ties to the mafia, or terrorist groups, or ... ) would that make a difference? Maybe, maybe not.
- atmosx 13y agoOkay, fair enough. That would make a sort of difference to me, but not so much at this point...
- gnaritas 13y agoCuriosity has always been purpose enough for man; actual purpose is not necessary. There's a secret near billionaire out there that invented perhaps the first crypto-currency to really take off. People want to know who it is.
- sireat 13y agoRight now he/she holds >1B USD worth of BTC, which really does not concern/bother me. What concerns me is that Satoshi holds over 10% of BTC, which could become significant, if the value of BTC market cap raises to say 21T (ie 1M USD per BTC) as many eventually hope it does. Someone with 2T USD worth of claim checks on society demands more scrutiny than your run of the mill billionaire. I would sleep better at night if I knew that my participation in BTC is not fueling some insanely evil endgame plan.