188 sats \ 10 replies \ @ek 21 Oct 2023 \ parent \ on: Hal Finney Was Not Satoshi Nakamoto bitcoin
imo, talking about who is or isn't Satoshi is a waste of time.
Sure, it's interesting but why do we want to know?
If Satoshi ever shows up again, nothing good will come from it.
There are too many people who are used to authority and will gladly agree with whatever Satoshi says. Bitcoiners are no exception.
Satoshi disappeared for a reason. We should respect that reason.
-- quote from the movie The Big Short
edit: kind of funny to quote this below a link to Lopp's blog
Sure it's just a matter of curiosity. I take your point about the dangers of his returning. His opinion would hold a tremendous amount of weight. I'm not worried, though. If he is alive and decided to stay out of the blocksize wars, I think it's safe to say he won't be tossing his weight around in the future.
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I wonder if knowledge about Satoshi's true identity is therefore an information hazard
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Yes. I have heard this argument about plans for 3d printing weapons. I'm always suspicious of these arguments as really being an attack on free speech. In the U.S. we hear about dangerous misinformation that later is accepted as fact.
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Interesting, haven't though of this in the context of free speech before.
I just thought about this as a way to evaluate information. Is this information valuable? What can I do with this information? What could this information do if it gets into the hands of "wrong people"?
So more from a privacy perspective. But now I see the context of free speech clearly, lol
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I'm ambivalent myself. Do I want easy to follow plans to build a nuclear warhead readily available?
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Like if satoshi were the NSA?
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This is total bullshit
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Could be
Could also be the reason no one knows who satoshi is
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and is better that we just consider that he's dead.
end of story.
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No. His opinion doesn't matter anymore.
Bitcoin is not anymore what was in the years of SN.
All these speculations are just useless.
Guys please stop all this crap.
Anything you hear as "news" about SN are exactly to manipulate your perception.
SN is dead. Live with that. Forever.
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