12 sats \ 3 replies \ @falsefaucet 21 Jul 2022 \ parent \ on: Satoshi??? bitcoin
i think you validated my point, IF satoshi wanted to reveal himself, he could just sign a message . no interview no public appearance, no need to bring heat on himself.
i think signing a msg with keys linked to a known satoshi address would be the easiest, and safest way of doing it.
and at the end of the day, we wouldnt know if it was ACTUALLY satoshi, just that this individual holds the keys that satoshi once held.
the timechain doesnt know identity, only keys.
i see your answer for why coming back and doing chainlink, but why not come back and just dev as an anon, there are a handful out there that remain anon while contributing to bitcoin in various ways
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Brunswick 21 Jul 2022
Satoshi should not want to reveal himself, and Sergey Nazarov denies being Satoshi. It doesn't prove he is, but if he is, he would deny being Satoshi. That's my point.
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24 sats \ 1 reply \ @falsefaucet 21 Jul 2022
fair,
okay to play off this, what do you think about the whole drink from the mug 'signal' coincidence or trolling?
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Brunswick 22 Jul 2022
Ridiculous. So is the Morse-code finger-tapping thing. I know Morse code, and I know about tapping fingers. There is no connection.
Here are some coincidences that are blaring to me:
  1. He has skill as a programmer, but went to NYU for management. (Satoshi was narrowed down to the northeast given his timestamps and his financial adeptness)
  2. I looked at Satoshi's first git commit. His coding style appears to have originated from someone with a background in financial accounting programming (New York area). This correlates with Sergey's skills.
  3. His initials match that of Satoshi.
  4. The claim about his registering a domain name for smart contracts before bitcoin was released can't be explained away.
  5. The time he was in college coincides with the early development of Bitcoin, this could have been his pet project.
  6. Sergey, if preferring to vacation in Vietnam, may have also had a strong connection to Japanese culture (thus the Satoshi name)
  7. Sergey became a serial entrepreneur at the same time as Satoshi announced he would be going away.
  8. The common IP address pool/Russian proxy service between the two shows a close personal connection at the least
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