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https://ryanxcharlestimes.com/wired-satoshi-nakamoto-is-a-homeless-person-in-san-francisco-9087ae28d0c6#.3x8mrv9fc


What a insane article...

This is a troll. And not even a funny nor a smart one. Probably written in order to make bitcoiners feel guilty about homeless people but I'm not even sure, because... what connection is there between bitcoin users and the homeless people issue? None, I believe. It's just bizarre.

these stories should be saved up and released on april fools..

All these "Satoshi is found" articles are very low quality and are not worth reading. It's just funny to see how desperate these article writers are when they waste time on writing these articles.

It's obviously that he is from the future, that's why he knows about the news :D

They must be one of those who managed to go into the future by accident. :o

Small things amuse small minds, or so they say. The trend these days are to pick a catchy title and to add some garbage, just as long as it draw in the "clicks" Do not even waste your time on this, because it's complete garbage. This type of content is a total waste of electricity. Let's call it <Digital Waste> 

Satoshi is dead, deal with it.  ::)

they claim they have the genesis block signed, well were is the sign? they wil not show to us right? as usual

Well, you're a little unfair because they actually did show it to us, back on November 30, 2017. Now the problem is that because of several interferences in the space-time continuum we can't see it anymore, but there it was, I can assure you.

the genesis block is a block not a transaction. its a special block.. not a transaction/address
the coins are not spendable because there is no way to sign a transaction/address because as i said there is no transaction/address.. its a block

no ability to sign a "block" means no ability to sign a message either

(sarcasm) but i guess anything is possible if a homeless person has no issue getting on the internet everyday.. maybe the bigger news is showing how everyone can be on the internet for free without issue

yeah right the first is not expandable, so they should ask for the second block, which i'm sure still belongs to satoshi

again blocks dont sign... transaction ADDRESSES do
EG
first ADDRESS ever:
12c6DSiU4Rq3P4ZxziKxzrL5LmMBrzjrJX


this https://blockchain.info/block-height/1 cannot sign
this https://blockchain.info/block-height/1 cannot sign

this 12c6DSiU4Rq3P4ZxziKxzrL5LmMBrzjrJX can

so if they said 'satoshi' signed the first transaction address.. then they would atleast smell like they know something

ugh..


When I saw it, I turned that page off.

Haha, the article is quite entertaining. But definitely, I believe that satoshi Nakamoto is a very great person

Was he homeless when he created BTC or did he becomes homeless when he saw what BTC turned into or because he lost control of their coins and became mad by the get rich opportunity missed?

neither.. its a duff story..

but the story says they found someone who was homeless in 2007 (2 years before the first block was mined)

funny but obvious satire and fantasy

me the same, what useless article.... a typical example of click baiting.
This is why I don't turn off my adblock ;)

Everyone (normal people) is happy in wondering what make him/her happy. The author of this article have pleasure to wonder such situation for the revolutionary man who hold 1 million satoshi. Thinking that with way of "building" his article will be able to help the people of the road. Strange connection and I cannot find the help given to the people to whom is dedicated. Maybe the author of the article have this point of view about its article and the help given by it but this point of view cannot arrive at me. Maybe is a not normal reasonable joke. A simple reader of his article. And if it is so ever with to many others.....

the author released it early. april fools is 3 months from now :D

there are way too many stories out there about satoshi. Personally i believe that he died, otherwise he was bound to show himself atleast once in the last couple years, maybe even log into his forum account to show that he exists.

can't because theymos locked it. he'll have to PM theymos with PGP message to get it back.

and yes, there's too many stories about satoshi and many more will pop out once bitcoin is more well known. and only satoshi can stop it.

That is really weird and people still thinking Satoshi is a person but i don't think he is a single person, from my point of view Satoshi is code name for this project and a group of scientists behind the this revolutionary project.

I think it's just satire about Wired releasing the story of Craig Wright being Satoshi, and in general newspapers claiming they've found satoshi and repeatedly screwing up on their so called investigations. They will never learn, so I can't wait to see who satoshi is in 2016.

You never know they are a lot of theories who Satoshi Nakamoto is.
We don't know his lifestyle so we don't know if he is doing well or not.

everybaody corious and wondering about satoshi nakamoto,as bitcoin user and adopter we are really want to know who really he is,and until now i never hear news like this,he is impposible homeless,and i think no one know about his life,i also really wonder.

just not possible...

This seems more like a homeless awareness article than about Satoshi.  Actually a clever way to call out to techies in SF to look around and be aware of the homeless, it might be Satoshi. It is true that only a small fraction of people in San Francisco notice the homeless - same goes for Seattle and Portland.  I don't see the article as trolling rather it is satire addressing the homeless mess.

This looks more like a article shining the light on the need to acknowledge homeless people than actual proof that they found him. I think it's a tongue in the cheek poking at

people, highlighting the interest and need for acknowledgement of these people. I have spoken to many homeless people ranging from clerks to doctors, who made mistakes in

their lives or suffer from substance abuse problems. I will not write off the possibility that Satoshi might have freaked out, when Gavin spoke to the authorities and then joined

this group to fade away in the shadows.  ::)

well it's obvious that i meant the address and not the block, when i say block i mean the address associated to the second block, not the block itself

This is unbelievable at least they look at the date they are publishing their article Wired, November 30, 2017 this is the first thing that readers can notice this is a good materials for april fools day but he has done it 4 months advance hopefully none will believe on his articles 

I disagree. I can see your point and I understand that you have reasons to think so but if it was a group than at least one of them would reveal himself already to the media. That's the nature of a man in the contemporary world: he can't miss a chance to be famous and popular.  But if it is a one person then maybe he is exception. A whole group can't consist of exceptions.

It is a good read and a terrible satire on what sometimes happens to great names...

"To our surprise, Satoshi Nakamoto is not anonymous. That is his real name. He was born in Japan and immigrated to the UK when he was five years old. He later got a PhD in cryptography from Cambridge, and did two postdocs in Europe before arriving at Stanford as an Assistant Professor. In 2007, after five years of professorship, he was denied tenure, and has been living on the streets of San Francisco since then. He had to dumpster dive for laptops thrown away by startup companies to design and build bitcoin. He never intended to hide is identity, but since he became homeless, he has become invisible to 99% of the population. Only a small fraction of people notice the homeless people in San Francisco."

it leaves some thoughtful points to think about.

I don't think it was a group of people, if that was true, someone would have blabbered out something by now, not everyone has the ability to stay silent when so much is going on. He's a single person, faked his name to protect his identity and went underground to protect himself and his loved ones.

Not only that it is dated 2017. I actually feel I wasted my time reading that. If anything it was in bad taste to highlight the plight of homelessness.

Well, if there was a sliver of truth to this I would be more inclined to read it, but judging by the comments this would just be a waste of time.

Unbelievably bullsh*t!..

Wait?!. What is the date?! 30 Nov. 2017?

After opening the article I am lucky enough to read first the comment in this thread. Still I read the article because it sounds interesting but this is most likely not true. The Australian guy claiming they made btc is more believable

haha , really mate you are right. How can someone be even right on such things. How can someone think that a guy satoshi with immense talent and huge skills would be sitting like that ? Seriously article writer has something wrong.

I think it is just a way to promote the blog or whatever site that was.He could be Ryan' himself or any of the team member,blockchain engineering was a nice Tag though.

Haha that was an awesome article, cracked me up so bad!!  :D Seriously anyone who hasn't read it yet should do so asap, by the time you reach the end ot the article, you'll be rolling on the floor tears streaming freely down your face  :D

lol I didn't noticed the date. looks like time travelers are also searching for satoshi.


it's not THAT funny.

Are you serious?? I nearly chocked when I read this:

"He never intended to hide is identity, but since he became homeless, he has become invisible to 99% of the population."

"In our surveys, less than 1% of people are capable of seeing homeless people."

"The worst part is, now that we have developed the power to see homeless people"

I mean c'mon?!  that stuff is hilarious  :D
Ok maybe it's just me, let's just say I haven't laughed this hard in a while  :)

I agree that's a good stuff, I'd say it's kind of a philosophical stuff in a way. The power to see homeless people might save our civilization nowadays. No kidding, I mean it.

Satoshi has become such a big name and is a celebrity that even without single btc,he can not be homeless.He can get millions by just exposing his identity.He doesn't need bitcoin to make living

I doubt this wasn't the first attempt Wired did to unmask or uncover Satoshi, but considering the other attempts this one is hilariously crazy. I mean it's no use hunting for him/them, you'd never easily know.

Putting the actual article aside and attempting to wrap my head around that statement, I'm not sure that story is true. It could be. We haven't heard from Satoshi in years. He just disappeared with no trace at all. It is rather concerning, so I am not sure just how to feel. I do believe at some point, he will indeed do what it takes to return back to Bitcoin as we do need him present.