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Anything new in this one?

by zby 11y ago

mod 11y ago
Yes. I'm not to the details yet, but they're profiling a new man, Nick Szabo.
- zby 11y ago
  That was sarcasm or not?
  - mod 11y ago
    No, sorry--I'm not deep enough into this speculation to have heard of Nick Szabo. I didn't read your mind to know that your level of knowledge is far greater than mine on the topic. I just previously read the Wired piece that profiled the wrong man, and the ensuing discussion here.
    - zby 11y ago
      OK OK - I did not mean to stress you or anything :)
    - celticninja 11y ago
      That was a newsweek article not a WIRED article you previously would have read.
Aqueous 11y ago
Yes. I don't think it's been reported that Nick Szabo has been involved in any BitCoin startup, let alone an exchange called "Vaurum" / "Mirror." Credit to the guy: in the world of the Internet where perfect privacy is nearly impossible, not so much as a picture of him has surfaced. Or, well, until recently; if you do a Google Search of his name one of the photos seems similar (sans beard) to the physical description of him in this article. Despite this, he has to this day remained an extraordinarily secretive individual, while being widely suspected to be the creator of BTC. Looks like all that practice (http://cypherpunks.venona.com/date/1993/10/msg00759.html http://cypherpunks.venona.com/date/1993/10/msg00759.html) paid off.
- pags 11y ago
  I also found it interesting that doing a Google image search on his name yielded nothing matching the description of the man given in this article.
  - drcode 11y ago
    I'm still not convinced that the name "Nick Szabo" itself isn't a pseudonym... how would the reporter know? It's not like "Nick" is going to show them his passport or anything...
    - ikeboy 11y ago
      He got a degree from GMU in 2006 under that name. http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/04/16/bitcoin-creator-satoshi-nakamoto-unmasked-again/ http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/04/16/bitcoin-creator-sa... >Mr. Szabo’s was unavailable for comment. Furthermore, George Washington University says that despite widespread reports that Mr. Szabo worked as a law professor at the school, it has no records of his ever working there in that capacity. The university did confirm, though, that he received a law degree from the school in 2006.
      - drcode 11y ago
        Yes, but there's several people out there with that name... What I really wonder is whether any reporter was able to get GWU to supply them with a photo of the "GWU Nick Szabo" to confirm it's the same person.
        ikeboy 11y ago
        That fact that he claimed on his blog to have a degree from GMU, and said that he was going to get one "soon" in 2006 (see https://web.archive.org/web/20060329122426/http://unenumerated.blogspot.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20060329122426/http://unenumerat...) implies that it was him, and presuming you can't get into college with a fake name, then that's his real name.

Anything new in this one?

by zby 11y ago

Anything new in this one?

mod 11y ago

Yes. I'm not to the details yet, but they're profiling a new man, Nick Szabo.

zby 11y ago
That was sarcasm or not?
- mod 11y ago
  No, sorry--I'm not deep enough into this speculation to have heard of Nick Szabo. I didn't read your mind to know that your level of knowledge is far greater than mine on the topic. I just previously read the Wired piece that profiled the wrong man, and the ensuing discussion here.
  - zby 11y ago
    OK OK - I did not mean to stress you or anything :)
  - celticninja 11y ago
    That was a newsweek article not a WIRED article you previously would have read.

Aqueous 11y ago

Yes. I don't think it's been reported that Nick Szabo has been involved in any BitCoin startup, let alone an exchange called "Vaurum" / "Mirror." Credit to the guy: in the world of the Internet where perfect privacy is nearly impossible, not so much as a picture of him has surfaced. Or, well, until recently; if you do a Google Search of his name one of the photos seems similar (sans beard) to the physical description of him in this article. Despite this, he has to this day remained an extraordinarily secretive individual, while being widely suspected to be the creator of BTC. Looks like all that practice (http://cypherpunks.venona.com/date/1993/10/msg00759.html http://cypherpunks.venona.com/date/1993/10/msg00759.html) paid off.

pags 11y ago
I also found it interesting that doing a Google image search on his name yielded nothing matching the description of the man given in this article.
- drcode 11y ago
  I'm still not convinced that the name "Nick Szabo" itself isn't a pseudonym... how would the reporter know? It's not like "Nick" is going to show them his passport or anything...
  - ikeboy 11y ago
    He got a degree from GMU in 2006 under that name. http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/04/16/bitcoin-creator-satoshi-nakamoto-unmasked-again/ http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/04/16/bitcoin-creator-sa... >Mr. Szabo’s was unavailable for comment. Furthermore, George Washington University says that despite widespread reports that Mr. Szabo worked as a law professor at the school, it has no records of his ever working there in that capacity. The university did confirm, though, that he received a law degree from the school in 2006.
    - drcode 11y ago
      Yes, but there's several people out there with that name... What I really wonder is whether any reporter was able to get GWU to supply them with a photo of the "GWU Nick Szabo" to confirm it's the same person.
      - ikeboy 11y ago
        That fact that he claimed on his blog to have a degree from GMU, and said that he was going to get one "soon" in 2006 (see https://web.archive.org/web/20060329122426/http://unenumerated.blogspot.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20060329122426/http://unenumerat...) implies that it was him, and presuming you can't get into college with a fake name, then that's his real name.