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interesting. at what odds would you bet? I think the distribution is fairly flat, because it could be a random, unknown guy who just happen to work on it his wh
by bachback 13y ago
interesting. at what odds would you bet? I think the distribution is fairly flat, because it could be a random, unknown guy who just happen to work on it his whole life. it seems to me that satoshi had to be non-academic.
- wintersFright 13y agoit seems unlikely that it was an unknown guy who threw out a workable solution on his first attempt. If it wasn't his first attempt, he must have left an internet footprint somewhere with prior ramblings. Much like DPR and silkroad.
- bushido 13y agoThis looks interesting: https://web.archive.org/web/20061202010422/http://www.weidai.com/bmoney.txt https://web.archive.org/web/20061202010422/http://www.weidai...
- bachback 13y agonot so sure. the main ingredient is the torrent principle. incidentally that was also written by one guy in a basement. the risk of floating a half-baked proposals is too high, so it seems likely satoshi did it all in one go, or had very private discussions. question really if anonymity was on his mind from the beginning or not.