I thought it'd be fun to hear everyone's theories. It's like astrology or something - lizard brain likey.
2 sats \ 0 replies \ @LibreLoya 28 Sep 2021
Len Sassaman
https://evanhatch.medium.com/len-sassaman-and-satoshi-e483c85c2b10
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2 sats \ 0 replies \ @alex 27 Sep 2021
The US government: https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/money/nsamint/nsamint.htm
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2 sats \ 0 replies \ @mf 27 Sep 2021
We're all Satoshi.
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2 sats \ 0 replies \ @naijamoto 27 Sep 2021 freebie
I believe Satoshi is a collective. I think Back knows someone in the collective at the very least if he isn't in the collective himself.
1 sat \ 0 replies \ @relc 27 Sep 2021
Adam. He was always obsessed with anon Email way before. He said satoshi does not want to come forward and that is better for the network like that. Adam is the only person who claims to have mailed with satoshi but did not release the mails. Moved out of us when wikileaks drama popped up.
I accept his choice we are all satoshi.
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b OP 27 Sep 2021
I recently went to a non-Bitcoin ("entrepreneur") event in Austin and a guy got up and said he was some kind of crypto analyst or something. He claimed to have conclusively proven through text analysis that Adam Back is Satoshi. He seemed somewhat deranged by it though. I'm not sure why he thought it was so important.
Personally, I think Adam Back & Hal Finney are Satoshi. I think some of the early cypherpunks (Szabo, Todd, etc.) at least knew they were working on it too if not contributing in some way.
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2 sats \ 1 reply \ @spiritualcomput 27 Sep 2021 freebie
Early version of bitcoin is on Windows only. Linux was already huge in 2009 ... what kind of cypherpunk would do that ...
1 sat \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 28 Sep 2021
I think you are referring to this 3 parts series
But in my opinion: even if (as old bitcoiners) we know who is Satoshi, we should STFU and do not reveal it. Is much better like that and we should just leave it as it is: a disappeared individual/group that let us a great tool to fight the banksters and tyranny.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 28 Sep 2021
I agree, Satoshi being absent is great for Bitcoin. I meant this question in a tongue in cheek way. I wouldn't want anyone who actually knows anything to answer this question.
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