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The biggest thing that stood out to me here is not the difference in fluency in written English between examples from Dorian and the inventor of bitcoin, it's t

The biggest thing that stood out to me here is not the difference in fluency in written English between examples from Dorian and the inventor of bitcoin, it's the obvious age cues in the use of language from Satoshi. Everything he writes reads as someone who is very much younger than a 60-something retiree. Little things like "Sweet, ...", "You know, ...", "You're right, sorry about that.", and so on are all clearly idiomatic of someone who developed their writing skills online. People in their 60s just do. not. talk. that way. To me this makes the idea of Dorian being Satoshi even more unbelievable.

Gigablah 13y ago
You mean unbelievable?
- InclinedPlane 13y ago
  Yes, thanks.
Nanzikambe 13y ago
Totally agree on the fluency, the real Satoshi's mother tongue is probably English. Regarding age however, that's absolutely meaningless in this context, I know several people 50 or older that in text are indistinguishable from any younger generation. How you convey yourself in communication has more to do with your peer group and self image than your age. That sort of self-expression is particularly common in several generations techies, geeks, psychonauts, surfers, hippies and travellers.
- InclinedPlane 13y ago
  Perhaps. Though clearly Dorian Nakomoto does not identify with a peer-group of young hackers. That's obvious from his lifestyle among other things. Whereas equally clearly the creator of bitcoin very much does.
bjourne 13y ago
Perhaps he's suffering from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder? History is full of brilliant geniuses with tough mental illnesses. With some speculation, you can most certainly create a scenario where it is at least possible the guy is the real Satoshi.
jccooper 13y ago
That sealed it for me, too. Satoshi and Dorian Nakamoto write like completely different people--so different that it's an unbelievably good false flag operation otherwise. Futhermore, Satoshi's style is appropriate to the demographic you expect of the creator of Bitcoin, and Dorian writes in a way consistent with what we know of him. Wrong guy. If you want to find the real Satoshi, I'd start with the union of open source contributors, with an interest in early digital money, and a CS/math/ish grad student somewhere in the +1 to -10 years around 2007. Probably 30 to 40 years old now. I think the academic angle (based on the use of a paper to announce the system) is pretty clear.

Gigablah 13y ago

You mean unbelievable?

InclinedPlane 13y ago
Yes, thanks.

Nanzikambe 13y ago

Totally agree on the fluency, the real Satoshi's mother tongue is probably English. Regarding age however, that's absolutely meaningless in this context, I know several people 50 or older that in text are indistinguishable from any younger generation. How you convey yourself in communication has more to do with your peer group and self image than your age. That sort of self-expression is particularly common in several generations techies, geeks, psychonauts, surfers, hippies and travellers.

InclinedPlane 13y ago
Perhaps. Though clearly Dorian Nakomoto does not identify with a peer-group of young hackers. That's obvious from his lifestyle among other things. Whereas equally clearly the creator of bitcoin very much does.

bjourne 13y ago

Perhaps he's suffering from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder? History is full of brilliant geniuses with tough mental illnesses. With some speculation, you can most certainly create a scenario where it is at least possible the guy is the real Satoshi.

jccooper 13y ago

That sealed it for me, too. Satoshi and Dorian Nakamoto write like completely different people--so different that it's an unbelievably good false flag operation otherwise. Futhermore, Satoshi's style is appropriate to the demographic you expect of the creator of Bitcoin, and Dorian writes in a way consistent with what we know of him. Wrong guy. If you want to find the real Satoshi, I'd start with the union of open source contributors, with an interest in early digital money, and a CS/math/ish grad student somewhere in the +1 to -10 years around 2007. Probably 30 to 40 years old now. I think the academic angle (based on the use of a paper to announce the system) is pretty clear.