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Title: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: melvster on April 14, 2013, 10:34:35 PM I know that nobody knows for sure ...
But say estimated at a reasonable chance e.g. over 50%? Is this our best guess so far? Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: nwbitcoin on April 14, 2013, 10:38:12 PM My guess is that one of the group who called themselves Satoshi was British! :)
Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: Elwar on April 14, 2013, 11:10:31 PM Satoshi Nakamoto does not sound like a British name.
Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: moni3z on April 14, 2013, 11:17:13 PM It's not this guy apparently http://www.businessinsider.com/michael-clear-denies-creating-bitcoin-2013-4
Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: phatsphere on April 14, 2013, 11:51:32 PM S/He always used two spaces after the ending dot of a sentence. That's something only US people do.
Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: nebulus on April 14, 2013, 11:53:32 PM Satoshi Nakamoto does not sound like a British name. Lord Satoshi Nakamoto doesn't even roll... Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: elux on April 15, 2013, 12:03:40 AM http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1ccqmy/disprove_me_how_i_figured_out_who_satoshi/
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~reiter/ Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: Anonymailer on April 15, 2013, 01:02:18 AM S/He always used two spaces after the ending dot of a sentence. That's something only US people do. I don't think so - at a British book publisher we always used two spaces in print… Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: dree12 on April 15, 2013, 01:04:17 AM Let's assign to Satoshi a nationality. Of all nations, China is most populous. Therefore, it's most likely Satoshi is Chinese.
How about an occupation? The most common occupation is a retail salesperson. Satoshi should therefore be a retail salesperson. I've got it, folks: Satoshi is a Chinese Retail Salesperson! Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: grondilu on April 15, 2013, 01:09:12 AM I doubt there is such a thing as a mathematician that knows how to program in C++ so well.
A professional mathematician does probably not have time to learn a programming language as complicated as C++. Also, maths in the bitcoin protocol are not really advanced. It's easily comprehensible for any software engineer. Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: noedaRDH on April 15, 2013, 02:15:12 AM Satoshi is Jesus.
Perhaps, space Jesus. Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: ninjarobot on April 15, 2013, 02:51:23 AM Let's assign to Satoshi a nationality. Of all nations, China is most populous. Therefore, it's most likely Satoshi is Chinese. How about an occupation? The most common occupation is a retail salesperson. Satoshi should therefore be a retail salesperson. I've got it, folks: Satoshi is a Chinese Retail Salesperson! Close. Satoshi is actually a Chinese Relic Collector. Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: Mike Christ on April 15, 2013, 03:08:30 AM S/He always used two spaces after the ending dot of a sentence. That's something only US people do. For reals? I thought everyone did that :o Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: noedaRDH on April 15, 2013, 03:21:22 AM When Bitcoin really makes it big, I wonder if they'll write a book on Satoshi. Half of the book will be all of his posts on this forum. That would be interesting.
Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: Mike Christ on April 15, 2013, 03:22:46 AM When Bitcoin really makes it big, I wonder if they'll write a book on Satoshi. Half of the book will be all of his posts on this forum. That would be interesting. I'll be damned if he wasn't in every economics textbook by 2040. Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: noedaRDH on April 15, 2013, 03:31:39 AM When Bitcoin really makes it big, I wonder if they'll write a book on Satoshi. Half of the book will be all of his posts on this forum. That would be interesting. I'll be damned if he wasn't in every economics textbook by 2040. Or science-fiction, or philosophy, or political science, computing-science.... the genres that Satoshi could fit into is literally endless. If Philip K Dick was alive today, I wonder what interpretation he could make of Satoshi. Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: Orgonix23 on April 15, 2013, 03:50:33 AM Where can I read Satoshi's forum posts?
That is before they are reprinted as scripture ;) Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: danyy on April 15, 2013, 03:52:11 AM I think Satoshi is who created mt gox as well, Satoshi sounds like japanesse and is where mt gox is from, mt gox keeps the bitcoin as the unique crypto coin on his exchange. maybe mt gox the first exchange was in the plans from the begining.
I dont know if Satoshi was a common man who used his knowledge of maths and finances/ economy with his programing skills or there is a powerful man or group behind him, maybe the stablishment itself.. i think we will never know Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: Mike Christ on April 15, 2013, 03:52:41 AM Where can I read Satoshi's forum posts? That is before they are reprinted as scripture ;) Here's his profile. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3) Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: Orgonix23 on April 15, 2013, 04:33:18 AM Thanks M C
Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: MikeH on April 15, 2013, 04:44:35 AM did anyone ask the web admin for his IP? or did he always use something like Tor?
Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: Stunna on April 15, 2013, 07:03:11 AM Who knows, he wanted privacy for a reason though and we should all respect that.
Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: melvster on April 15, 2013, 08:21:19 AM Where can I read Satoshi's forum posts? That is before they are reprinted as scripture ;) Here's his profile. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3) Thanks I'm reading through every post. Fascinating in itself. Do americans use the term "Hurray!"? Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: melvster on April 15, 2013, 08:32:06 AM I know that nobody knows for sure ... But say estimated at a reasonable chance e.g. over 50%? Is this our best guess so far? Maybe his GPG key will reveal something: http://web.archive.org/web/20110228054007/http://www.bitcoin.org/Satoshi_Nakamoto.asc -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) mQGiBEkJ+qcRBADKDTcZlYDRtP1Q7/ShuzBJzUh9hoVVowogf2W07U6G9BqKW24r piOxYmErjMFfvNtozNk+33cd/sq3gi05O1IMmZzg2rbF4ne5t3iplXnNuzNh+j+6 VxxA16GPhBRprvnng8r9GYALLUpo9Xk17KE429YYKFgVvtTPtEGUlpO1EwCg7FmW dBbRp4mn5GfxQNT1hzp9WgkD/3pZ0cB5m4enzfylOHXmRfJKBMF02ZDnsY1GqeHv /LjkhCusTp2qz4thLycYOFKGmAddpVnMsE/TYZLgpsxjrJsrEPNSdoXk3IgEStow mXjTfr9xNOrB20Qk0ZOO1mipOWMgse4PmIu02X24OapWtyhdHsX3oBLcwDdke8aE gAh8A/sHlK7fL1Bi8rFzx6hb+2yIlD/fazMBVZUe0r2uo7ldqEz5+GeEiBFignd5 HHhqjJw8rUJkfeZBoTKYlDKo7XDrTRxfyzNuZZPxBLTj+keY8WgYhQ5MWsSC2MX7 FZHaJddYa0pzUmFZmQh0ydulVUQnLKzRSunsjGOnmxiWBZwb6bQjU2F0b3NoaSBO YWthbW90byA8c2F0b3NoaW5AZ214LmNvbT6IYAQTEQIAIAUCSQn6pwIbAwYLCQgH AwIEFQIIAwQWAgMBAh4BAheAAAoJEBjAnoZeyUihXGMAnjiWJ0fvmSgSM3o6Tu3q RME9GN7QAKCGrFw9SUD0e9/YDcqhX1aPMrYue7kCDQRJCfqnEAgA9OTCjLa6Sj7t dZcQxNufsDSCSB+yznIGzFGXXpJk7GgKmX3H9Zl4E6zJTQGXL2GAV4klkSfNtvgs SGJKqCnebuZVwutyq1vXRNVFPQFvLVVo2jJCBHWjb03fmXmavIUtRCHoc8xgVJMQ LrwvS943GgsqSbdoKZWdTnfnEq+UaGo+Qfv66NpT3Yl0CXUiNBITZOJcJdjHDTBO XRqomX2WSguv+btYdhQGGQiaEx73XMftXNCxbOpqwsODQns7xTcl2ENru9BNIQME I7L9FYBQUiKHm1k6RrBy1as8XElS2jEos7GAmlfF1wShFUX+NF1VOPdbN3ZdFoWq sUjKk+QbrwADBQgA9DiD4+uuRhwk2B1TmtrXnwwhcdkE7ZbLHjxBfCsLPAZiPh8c ICfV3S418i4H1YCz2ItcnC8KAPoS6mipyS28AU1B7zJYPODBn8E7aPSPzHJfudMK MqiCHljVJrE23xsKTC0sIhhSKcr2G+6ARoG5lwuoqJqEyDrblVQQFpVxBNPHSTqu O5PoLXQc7PKgC5SyQuZbEALEkItl2SL2yBRRGOlVJLnvZ6eaovkAlgsbGdlieOr0 UwWuJCwzZuBDruMYAfyQBvYfXZun3Zm84rW7Jclp18mXITwGCVHg/P5n7QMbBfZQ A25ymkuj636Nqh+c4zRnSINfyrDcID7AcqEb6IhJBBgRAgAJBQJJCfqnAhsMAAoJ EBjAnoZeyUihPrcAniVWl5M44RuGctJe+IMNX4eVkC08AJ9v7cXsp5uDdQNo8q3R 8RHwN4Gk8w== =3FTe -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: MikeH on April 15, 2013, 09:16:49 AM Who knows, he wanted privacy for a reason though and we should all respect that. sure, as long we trust he or they aren't CIA or something - would suck to find out we've been promoting the new global currency for the bilderberg group. Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: Its About Sharing on April 15, 2013, 02:55:26 PM Has anyone considered that Satoshi Nakamoto is a government?
What about a government that is sick and tired of the Hegemony of the USA? And of course, due to the nature of BTC, this government would have to be willing to see their own currency go by the wayside. Perhaps BTC will exist just long enough to crash Fiat money's of today and then just go by the wayside? I mean, money as we know it and even BTC, is going to be a passing thing. It is just a pointer, to get us going in the right direction. I am not a coder, but the more I read from coders about the incredible code in BTC, the anti-fragile nature and it surviving years of attacks, one has to wonder if it was a team effort of the highest levels. Now, if some variation of the above is not true, then perhaps we have a prodigy on our hands. You know, the kind that comes across only when the Universe and Mankind need it. IAS Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: Akka on April 15, 2013, 03:04:04 PM I think Satoshi is who created mt gox as well, Satoshi sounds like japanesse and is where mt gox is from, mt gox keeps the bitcoin as the unique crypto coin on his exchange. maybe mt gox the first exchange was in the plans from the begining. Unlikly that Mt.Gox was planned as Bitcoin exchange from the very start. You are aware that Mt.Gox stands for Magic The Gathering Online Exchange? It's also my favorite success story, think about it, they now handle Millions daily. Title: Re: Would it be fair to say Satoshi is a British Mathematician? Post by: nwbitcoin on April 15, 2013, 03:26:51 PM I thought people knew that Satoshi was just a pseudonym for a group of people?
Its not one person, its a collection of at least 3 people. That is why sometimes there are differences in how the text has been presented, which, if it was just one person, would lead to a very interesting mix of circumstances! To me, its really not important who came up with the idea, because if it wasn't this group, it would have been somebody else. However, the number of stories I've read seems to suggest that bitcoin certainly has a British connection, and possibly no Japanese connection. |