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The blogger who suggested this hypothesis a few months ago has a new post, with a stylometric analysis of the writings of some cryptocurrency people: http://li
by fchollet 13y ago
The blogger who suggested this hypothesis a few months ago has a new post, with a stylometric analysis of the writings of some cryptocurrency people:
http://likeinamirror.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/occams-razor-who-is-most-likely-to-be-satoshi-nakamoto/ http://likeinamirror.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/occams-razor-w...
(a smaller score mean a closer match. Not sure what scores stand for precisely).
Word length distribution
Diff Nick Szabo / Bitcoin: 0.160
Diff Wei Dai / Bitcoin: 0.241
Diff David Chaum / Bitcoin: 0.257
Diff Adam Back / Bitcoin: 0.337
Diff Hal Finney / Bitcoin: 0.510
Character frequency distribution
Diff Nick Szabo / Bitcoin: 0.191
Diff Wei Dai / Bitcoin: 0.208
Diff David Chaum / Bitcoin: 0.228
Diff Hal Finney / Bitcoin: 0.284
Diff Adam Back / Bitcoin: 0.342
- greendestiny 13y agoStatistical analyses rely on assumptions of sample independence and random selection that are pretty hard to justify with something like this. Are all the articles on the same topic? Are they written for the same audience? Are the works independent or is there copying and/or inspiration being shared?