That's now called vanity addresses... and it's been a thing for a loooong time.

1NS ftw

Also, Stacker News is SN, same as Satoshi Nakamoto 🤯

nullama

In Japanese it would be ordered last name > first name I.e. Nakamoto Satoshi

NothingNewUnderTheSun

Why would he say "I can't receive incoming connections from where I am"? That's not the same as saying "I can't receive incoming connections with my public IP". Its saying he doesn't have the capability of opening a port using his network connection such as one on a LAN run by a large institution.

Brunswick

случайности не случайны. 

selfish_gene

bitcoin

Thanks to @nullama: https://stacker.news/items/88401

Reading through the Satoshi emails I saw this gem:

![](https://i.imgur.com/OqHmh8O.png)


Personally I would never consider the reverse of my initials to be "my initials", although indeed, it's a very low probability either way in a BTC address.


