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Title: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on January 13, 2012, 07:43:48 PM
Is it possible that the mathematician we know as Satoshi Nakamoto can be found here: http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/

And if so, I think the real identity can be gleaned in less than 24 hours. I've narrowed the list down to 114 candidates by searching the keyword 'cryptography' generating the results shown here: http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/results.php? A new list can be created if one searches a different keyword or phrase here: http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/search.php

The list can easily be whittled down by eliminating names of women, if that's a safe assumption. The idea is that somebody here may recognize a name, thus putting two and two together--connecting the dots, if you will.

Even if this proves to be a dead end, I believe something could come out of the use of this site. It's the first time I've encountered it and find it rather fascinating.

~Bruno~

Whittling the list: 2009 Graduates in Pink

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Your search has found 114 records in our database.

Display results in chronological order.

Adhikari, Avishek            Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata             2004
Applebaum, Benny          Technion-Israel Institute of Technology       2007
Arrighi, Pablo                 University of Cambridge                            2004
Avoine, Gildas                École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne   2005
Aydos, Murat                 Oregon State University                           2001
Baier, Harald                 Technische Universität Darmstadt               2002
Bak, Daniella                 City University of New York                        2000
Barak, Boaz                  Weizmann Institute of Science                    2004
Batina, Lejla                 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven                     2005
Benits, Jr., Waldyr         Royal Holloway, University of London            2008
Bentahar, Kamel            University of Bristol                                   2008
Bisson, Gaetan             Technische Universiteit Eindhoven                2011
Bisson, Gaetan             Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine     2011
Bone, Eric                    Brandeis University                                    2004
Boneh, Dan                  Princeton University                                  1996
Brassard, Gilles             Cornell University                                      1979             (Too Old?)
Bregman, Ido               Hebrew University                                      2009
Broadbent, Anne          Université de Montréal                                2008
Cachin, Christian          Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich 1997
Chandran, Nishanth       University of California, Los Angeles              2011
Chee, Yeow Meng   University of Waterloo   1996
Chor, Ben-Zion   Massachusetts Institute of Technology   1985
Ciet, Mathieu   Université Catholique de Louvain   2003
Cohen, Aaron   University of Minnesota-Minneapolis   2007
Condie, Leisa   University of New South Wales   1992
Cusak, Charles   University of Nebraska-Lincoln   2000
Damgård, Ivan   Aarhus University   1988
Dechene, Isabelle   McGill University   2005
Desmedt, Yvo   Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   1984
Dodis, Yevgeniy   Massachusetts Institute of Technology   2000
Döring, Martin   Technische Universität Darmstadt   2008
Doumen, Jeroen   Technische Universiteit Eindhoven   2003
Eagle, Philip   Royal Holloway, University of London   2008
Fernández Rúa, Ignacio   Universidad de Oviedo   2004
Freeman, David   University of California, Berkeley   2008
Freking, William   University of Minnesota-Minneapolis   2000
Gastaud Gallagher, Nicolas   Georgia Institute of Technology   2007
Giuliani, Kenneth   University of Waterloo   2005
Green, Matthew   The Johns Hopkins University   2008
Greenfield, Jonathan   Syracuse University   1993
Grundy, Dan   University of Kent, Canterbury   2008
Gysin, Marc   University of Wollongong   1998
Halsey, James   North Carolina State University   1970                  (Too Old?)
Hardjono, Thomas   University of New South Wales   1991
Heindl, Raymond   Clemson University   2009
Henhapl, Birgit   Technische Universität Darmstadt   2003
Herzog, Jonathan   Massachusetts Institute of Technology   2004
Hitt, Laura   University of Texas at Austin   2007
Hsiao, Chun-Yuan   Boston University Graduate School   2010
Juma, Ali   University of Toronto   2011
Kaliski, Jr., Burton   Massachusetts Institute of Technology   1988
Kalka, Arkadius   Ruhr-Universität Bochum   2007
Kanukurthi, Bhavana   Boston University Graduate School   2011
Kaps, Jens-Peter   Worcester Polytechnic Institute   2006
Karabina, Koray   University of Waterloo   2010
Khadra, Anmar   University of Waterloo   2004
Kiayias, Aggelos   City University of New York   2002
Klima, Richard   North Carolina State University   1997
Klimov, Alexander   Weizmann Institute of Science   2005
Ködmön, József   University of Debrecen   2005
Koskinen, Jukka   Lappeenranta University of Technology   1994
Kumar, Sandeep   Ruhr-Universität Bochum   2006
Laskari, Elena   University of Patras   2010
Liskov, Moses   Massachusetts Institute of Technology   2004
Livne, Noam   Weizmann Institute of Science   2010
Lu, Steve   University of California, Los Angeles   2009
Mashatan, Atefeh   University of Waterloo   2009
Maurer, Ueli   Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich   1990
Minder, Lorenz   École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne   2007
Mironov, Ilya   Stanford University   2003
Möller, Bodo   Technische Universität Darmstadt   2003
Monico, Christopher   University of Notre Dame   2002
Montanari, Andrea   Università degli Studi di Perugia   2010
Moran, Tal   Weizmann Institute of Science   2008
Myers, Steven   University of Toronto   2005
Nance, Jr., John   North Carolina State University   1972                      (Too Old?)
Neat, Charlie   University of California, Los Angeles   1975                    (Too Old?)
Overbeck, Raphael   Technische Universität Darmstadt   2007
Papakonstantinou, Periklis   University of Toronto   2010
Park, Je-Hong   Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology   2004
Park, Seung Kook   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2007
Peralta, Rene   University of California, Berkeley   1985
Peters, Christiane   Technische Universiteit Eindhoven   2011
Petkova, Maria   Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin   2009
Qu, Chengxin   University of Wollongong   2000
Ràfols, Carla   Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya   2011
Rhouma, Rhouma   École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis   2008
Ritzenhofen, Maike   Ruhr-Universität Bochum   2010
Rodriguez-Henriquez, Francisco   Oregon State University   2000
Savas, Erkay   Oregon State University   2000
Schaffner, Christian   Aarhus University   2007
Scheidler, Renate   University of Manitoba   1993
Schillewaert, Jeroen   Universiteit Gent   2009
Schwabe, Peter   Technische Universiteit Eindhoven   2011
Shaheen, Rasha   Cairo University   2010
Shang, Ning   Purdue University   2009
Shen, Shuo   Purdue University   2007
Shershin, Carmen   University of Miami   1982
Shokrollahi, Jamshid   Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn   2006
Sigmon, Neil   North Carolina State University   1995
Stebila, Douglas   University of Waterloo   2009
Sunar, Berk   Oregon State University   1998
Tawalbeh, Lo'ai   Oregon State University   2004
Teague, Vanessa   Stanford University   2005
Thomas, Tony   Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur   2006
Toli, Ilia   Università di Pisa   2004
Wehner, Stephanie   Universiteit van Amsterdam   2008
Weis, Stephen   Massachusetts Institute of Technology   2006
Wolf, Christopher   Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   2005
Wolf, Stefan   Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich   1999
Wyseur, Brecht   Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   2009
Yao, Chui Zhi   University of California, Riverside   2008
Zuccherato, Robert   University of Waterloo   1997
Zumbrägel, Jens   Universität Zürich   2008
[/quote]


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Tuxavant on January 13, 2012, 08:18:28 PM
I predict you will be assassinated before that 24 hours is up if you're correct. 8D


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on January 13, 2012, 09:06:48 PM
I predict you will be assassinated before that 24 hours is up if you're correct. 8D

I've had real guns to my head before and even taunted one guy, screaming at him to pull the frickin' trigger, all to no avail. Maybe today I'll get lucky.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Tuxavant on January 13, 2012, 09:09:26 PM
I've had real guns to my head before and even taunted one guy, screaming at him to pull the frickin' trigger, all to no avail. Maybe today I'll get lucky.


Hahaha well you could always nominate yourself and make donations on an assassination market if you really wanted to make it happen. 8O or perhaps there is a more peaceful way out at kavorkiancoin.com?


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: deepceleron on January 13, 2012, 09:13:43 PM
MagicalTux is Satoshi Nakamoto, of course. English speaker in Japan, who else would choose a Japanese name for a Pseudonym? Runs the big exchange and has extracted the forum from his former alias by "acquiring" it with MtGox...


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on January 13, 2012, 09:41:10 PM
So, what you're saying is that not one of the following could be Satoshi Nakamot? search 'cryptography' here: http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/search.php


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: deepceleron on January 13, 2012, 09:52:48 PM
MIT has six people in that list, compared to my alma mater's five....

でも私も日本語が分ります。


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on January 13, 2012, 09:58:06 PM
MIT has six people in that list, compared to my alma mater's five....

でもわたしも日本語がわかります。

Do you think Satoshi attended MIT?


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: deepceleron on January 13, 2012, 10:02:11 PM
Do you think Satoshi attended MIT?
Note that the list is graduates in mathematics, not computer science or electrical and computer engineering.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on January 13, 2012, 10:07:55 PM
Together, let's do process of elimination. I'm crossing out all 2010 and 2011 graduates, as well as names of women in list. Who else and why should I cross off a name? Should I cross off the 2009 graduates as well? What about certain universities?

I'm whittling down the list in the OP.

(the list was originally here)


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: legolouman on January 13, 2012, 10:22:21 PM
I'd say Satoshi Nakamoto is a pseudonym for something. Maybe a Thomas Nakamoto (I didn't decrypt that), or even something entirely different or unrelated. If he really cared about anonymity and cryptography, there would be some really elaborate scheme. I'm a firm believer that he is an active member of the community.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on January 13, 2012, 10:27:37 PM
I'd say Satoshi Nakamoto is a pseudonym for something. Maybe a Thomas Nakamoto (I didn't decrypt that), or even something entirely different or unrelated. If he really cared about anonymity and cryptography, there would be some really elaborate scheme. I'm a firm believer that he is an active member of the community.

I believe that's he's active on this forum as well. In the mean time, give me a direction to whittle down this list, even if it's a dead end.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on January 13, 2012, 10:38:55 PM
Do you think Satoshi attended MIT?
Note that the list is graduates in mathematics, not computer science or electrical and computer engineering.

Just saw your post. But it does show their interest in cryptography. http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/mission.php

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Please notice: Throughout this project when we use the word "mathematics" or "mathematician" we mean that word in a very inclusive sense. Thus, all relevant data from statistics, computer science, or operations research is welcome.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: bulanula on January 13, 2012, 10:44:10 PM
MagicalTux is Satoshi Nakamoto, of course. English speaker in Japan, who else would choose a Japanese name for a Pseudonym? Runs the big exchange and has extracted the forum from his former alias by "acquiring" it with MtGox...

When I tried to say that they all jumped "crazy" on me. Probably true. In the end we find out all this was the most elaborate P&D ponzi scheme rivaling Bernie.

Quite strage to go from trading Pokemons to Bitcoins, don't you think ?


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: deepceleron on January 13, 2012, 11:03:12 PM
See who has an interest in proof-of-work, multiple hashing, partial hash collisions, merkle trees, randomness statistics, and maybe someone who has some wxWidgets programming or even Japanese in their coursework. Bonus hint: email spam micropayments.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: legolouman on January 13, 2012, 11:04:26 PM
I'd say Satoshi Nakamoto is a pseudonym for something. Maybe a Thomas Nakamoto (I didn't decrypt that), or even something entirely different or unrelated. If he really cared about anonymity and cryptography, there would be some really elaborate scheme. I'm a firm believer that he is an active member of the community.

I believe that's he's active on this forum as well. In the mean time, give me a direction to whittle down this list, even if it's a dead end.


That is a tough one. Generally, I don't think that the generalization you made of 'mathematics' was the way to go. Computer science would give the traits for cryptography and programming needed, but a true understanding of the cryptography may only come from mathematics. Maybe broadening your search while narrowing it is the way to go (makes sense, eh?)

I think
major- computer science
minor- mathematics, cryptography (if possible) or something.

It might just be some extreme genius with no formal training though. You can learn programming by yourself, but cryptography is a bit harder. IMO he had to have come from a 'big' school MIT or international equiv. Or no school at all.

I also wouldn't want to knock the Japanese reference. Or the idea that this is all a crypt for us to decode.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on January 13, 2012, 11:07:33 PM
MagicalTux is Satoshi Nakamoto, of course. English speaker in Japan, who else would choose a Japanese name for a Pseudonym? Runs the big exchange and has extracted the forum from his former alias by "acquiring" it with MtGox...

When I tried to say that they all jumped "crazy" on me. Probably true. In the end we find out all this was the most elaborate P&D ponzi scheme rivaling Bernie.

Quite strage to go from trading Pokemons to Bitcoins, don't you think ?

If the following is true, is it safe to have funds stored there?

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Shutting down "single point of failures" (exchanges, pools, miners) would be enough to stop it.
Right now, 90% of BTC exchange volume is being processed via mtgox.com. If a government shuts it down, all money from the mtgox.com wallet is lost forever, both "virtual" BTC and "real" US dollars and Euro.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: the joint on January 13, 2012, 11:08:31 PM
I predict you will be assassinated before that 24 hours is up if you're correct. 8D

I've had real guns to my head before and even taunted one guy, screaming at him to pull the frickin' trigger, all to no avail. Maybe today I'll get lucky.


Do you have anything to lose?    ;D

Ever see Vanilla Sky?  You signed a contract, and I'm your tech support.  If you ever get in that situation again, call for a time-out.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: legolouman on January 13, 2012, 11:12:12 PM
MagicalTux is Satoshi Nakamoto, of course. English speaker in Japan, who else would choose a Japanese name for a Pseudonym? Runs the big exchange and has extracted the forum from his former alias by "acquiring" it with MtGox...



Does fit a good description, but is kinda obvious also while operating the biggest exchange around, I don't think that Satoshi would 'cash in' so to speak on the exchange.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on January 13, 2012, 11:26:23 PM
I'd say Satoshi Nakamoto is a pseudonym for something. Maybe a Thomas Nakamoto (I didn't decrypt that), or even something entirely different or unrelated. If he really cared about anonymity and cryptography, there would be some really elaborate scheme. I'm a firm believer that he is an active member of the community.

I believe that's he's active on this forum as well. In the mean time, give me a direction to whittle down this list, even if it's a dead end.


That is a tough one. Generally, I don't think that the generalization you made of 'mathematics' was the way to go. Computer science would give the traits for cryptography and programming needed, but a true understanding of the cryptography may only come from mathematics. Maybe broadening your search while narrowing it is the way to go (makes sense, eh?)

I think
major- computer science
minor- mathematics, cryptography (if possible) or something.

It might just be some extreme genius with no formal training though. You can learn programming by yourself, but cryptography is a bit harder. IMO he had to have come from a 'big' school MIT or international equiv. Or no school at all.

I also wouldn't want to knock the Japanese reference. Or the idea that this is all a crypt for us to decode.

Doing a search on that site only brings up dissertations that have the keyword in it. "Commuter Science" only generates the following 29 graduates: (do any of these names look familiar?)

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Almstrum, Vicki   University of Texas at Austin   1994
Arch, John   University of Oregon   1983
Asperti, Andrea   Università di Pisa   1989
Burr, Michael   New York University   2010
Dai, Jack   Iowa State University   2001
Dixon, Gayle   Columbia University   2001
Frias, Marcelo   Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro   1998
Goodness, Jeanne   Vanderbilt University   1990
Gottlob, Georg   Technische Universität Wien   1981
Greer, James   University of Texas at Austin   1987
Guzo, Andrew   Columbia University   1989
Hajebi, Mojgan   Oregon State University   2001
Hasle, Per   Aarhus University   1989
Hernandez Martinez, Paul   University of Leeds   2006
Hidvegi, Zoltan   University of Texas at Austin   2007
Hirsch, Michael   University of California, Berkeley   1990
Kao, Gio   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2008
Kurz, Alexander   Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München   2000
Lemin, Vladimir   The Pennsylvania State University   2002
O'Lander, Richard   Columbia University   1994
Olson, David   University of Oregon   1986
Priebe, Roger   University of Texas at Austin   1997
Pulliam, Sylvia   Vanderbilt University   1992
Salisbury, Mark   University of Oregon   1986
Schuster, Daniel   University of Texas at Austin   1996
Shao, Yilei   Princeton University   2007
Wei, Wan-Di   University of Nebraska-Lincoln   1996
Xiang, Gang   University of Texas at El Paso   2007
Yasuhara, Ken   University of Washington   2007


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: legolouman on January 13, 2012, 11:40:56 PM
I'd say Satoshi Nakamoto is a pseudonym for something. Maybe a Thomas Nakamoto (I didn't decrypt that), or even something entirely different or unrelated. If he really cared about anonymity and cryptography, there would be some really elaborate scheme. I'm a firm believer that he is an active member of the community.

I believe that's he's active on this forum as well. In the mean time, give me a direction to whittle down this list, even if it's a dead end.


That is a tough one. Generally, I don't think that the generalization you made of 'mathematics' was the way to go. Computer science would give the traits for cryptography and programming needed, but a true understanding of the cryptography may only come from mathematics. Maybe broadening your search while narrowing it is the way to go (makes sense, eh?)

I think
major- computer science
minor- mathematics, cryptography (if possible) or something.

It might just be some extreme genius with no formal training though. You can learn programming by yourself, but cryptography is a bit harder. IMO he had to have come from a 'big' school MIT or international equiv. Or no school at all.

I also wouldn't want to knock the Japanese reference. Or the idea that this is all a crypt for us to decode.

Doing a search on that site only brings up dissertations that have the keyword in it. "Commuter Science" only generates the following 29 graduates: (do any of these names look familiar?)

Quote
Almstrum, Vicki   University of Texas at Austin   1994
Arch, John   University of Oregon   1983
Asperti, Andrea   Università di Pisa   1989
Burr, Michael   New York University   2010
Dai, Jack   Iowa State University   2001
Dixon, Gayle   Columbia University   2001
Frias, Marcelo   Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro   1998
Goodness, Jeanne   Vanderbilt University   1990
Gottlob, Georg   Technische Universität Wien   1981
Greer, James   University of Texas at Austin   1987
Guzo, Andrew   Columbia University   1989
Hajebi, Mojgan   Oregon State University   2001
Hasle, Per   Aarhus University   1989
Hernandez Martinez, Paul   University of Leeds   2006
Hidvegi, Zoltan   University of Texas at Austin   2007
Hirsch, Michael   University of California, Berkeley   1990
Kao, Gio   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2008
Kurz, Alexander   Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München   2000
Lemin, Vladimir   The Pennsylvania State University   2002
O'Lander, Richard   Columbia University   1994
Olson, David   University of Oregon   1986
Priebe, Roger   University of Texas at Austin   1997
Pulliam, Sylvia   Vanderbilt University   1992
Salisbury, Mark   University of Oregon   1986
Schuster, Daniel   University of Texas at Austin   1996
Shao, Yilei   Princeton University   2007
Wei, Wan-Di   University of Nebraska-Lincoln   1996
Xiang, Gang   University of Texas at El Paso   2007
Yasuhara, Ken   University of Washington   2007


Commuter Science or Computer Science?


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on January 14, 2012, 12:02:26 AM
I'd say Satoshi Nakamoto is a pseudonym for something. Maybe a Thomas Nakamoto (I didn't decrypt that), or even something entirely different or unrelated. If he really cared about anonymity and cryptography, there would be some really elaborate scheme. I'm a firm believer that he is an active member of the community.

I believe that's he's active on this forum as well. In the mean time, give me a direction to whittle down this list, even if it's a dead end.


That is a tough one. Generally, I don't think that the generalization you made of 'mathematics' was the way to go. Computer science would give the traits for cryptography and programming needed, but a true understanding of the cryptography may only come from mathematics. Maybe broadening your search while narrowing it is the way to go (makes sense, eh?)

I think
major- computer science
minor- mathematics, cryptography (if possible) or something.

It might just be some extreme genius with no formal training though. You can learn programming by yourself, but cryptography is a bit harder. IMO he had to have come from a 'big' school MIT or international equiv. Or no school at all.

I also wouldn't want to knock the Japanese reference. Or the idea that this is all a crypt for us to decode.

Doing a search on that site only brings up dissertations that have the keyword in it. "Commuter Science" only generates the following 29 graduates: (do any of these names look familiar?)

Quote
Almstrum, Vicki   University of Texas at Austin   1994
Arch, John   University of Oregon   1983
Asperti, Andrea   Università di Pisa   1989
Burr, Michael   New York University   2010
Dai, Jack   Iowa State University   2001
Dixon, Gayle   Columbia University   2001
Frias, Marcelo   Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro   1998
Goodness, Jeanne   Vanderbilt University   1990
Gottlob, Georg   Technische Universität Wien   1981
Greer, James   University of Texas at Austin   1987
Guzo, Andrew   Columbia University   1989
Hajebi, Mojgan   Oregon State University   2001
Hasle, Per   Aarhus University   1989
Hernandez Martinez, Paul   University of Leeds   2006
Hidvegi, Zoltan   University of Texas at Austin   2007
Hirsch, Michael   University of California, Berkeley   1990
Kao, Gio   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2008
Kurz, Alexander   Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München   2000
Lemin, Vladimir   The Pennsylvania State University   2002
O'Lander, Richard   Columbia University   1994
Olson, David   University of Oregon   1986
Priebe, Roger   University of Texas at Austin   1997
Pulliam, Sylvia   Vanderbilt University   1992
Salisbury, Mark   University of Oregon   1986
Schuster, Daniel   University of Texas at Austin   1996
Shao, Yilei   Princeton University   2007
Wei, Wan-Di   University of Nebraska-Lincoln   1996
Xiang, Gang   University of Texas at El Paso   2007
Yasuhara, Ken   University of Washington   2007


Commuter Science or Computer Science?

For a second there, I though I screwed up. The list is of computer science dissertations. I only spelled it incorrectly once.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: legolouman on January 14, 2012, 12:10:51 AM
I'd say Satoshi Nakamoto is a pseudonym for something. Maybe a Thomas Nakamoto (I didn't decrypt that), or even something entirely different or unrelated. If he really cared about anonymity and cryptography, there would be some really elaborate scheme. I'm a firm believer that he is an active member of the community.

I believe that's he's active on this forum as well. In the mean time, give me a direction to whittle down this list, even if it's a dead end.


That is a tough one. Generally, I don't think that the generalization you made of 'mathematics' was the way to go. Computer science would give the traits for cryptography and programming needed, but a true understanding of the cryptography may only come from mathematics. Maybe broadening your search while narrowing it is the way to go (makes sense, eh?)

I think
major- computer science
minor- mathematics, cryptography (if possible) or something.

It might just be some extreme genius with no formal training though. You can learn programming by yourself, but cryptography is a bit harder. IMO he had to have come from a 'big' school MIT or international equiv. Or no school at all.

I also wouldn't want to knock the Japanese reference. Or the idea that this is all a crypt for us to decode.

Doing a search on that site only brings up dissertations that have the keyword in it. "Commuter Science" only generates the following 29 graduates: (do any of these names look familiar?)

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Almstrum, Vicki   University of Texas at Austin   1994
Arch, John   University of Oregon   1983
Asperti, Andrea   Università di Pisa   1989
Burr, Michael   New York University   2010
Dai, Jack   Iowa State University   2001
Dixon, Gayle   Columbia University   2001
Frias, Marcelo   Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro   1998
Goodness, Jeanne   Vanderbilt University   1990
Gottlob, Georg   Technische Universität Wien   1981
Greer, James   University of Texas at Austin   1987
Guzo, Andrew   Columbia University   1989
Hajebi, Mojgan   Oregon State University   2001
Hasle, Per   Aarhus University   1989
Hernandez Martinez, Paul   University of Leeds   2006
Hidvegi, Zoltan   University of Texas at Austin   2007
Hirsch, Michael   University of California, Berkeley   1990
Kao, Gio   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2008
Kurz, Alexander   Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München   2000
Lemin, Vladimir   The Pennsylvania State University   2002
O'Lander, Richard   Columbia University   1994
Olson, David   University of Oregon   1986
Priebe, Roger   University of Texas at Austin   1997
Pulliam, Sylvia   Vanderbilt University   1992
Salisbury, Mark   University of Oregon   1986
Schuster, Daniel   University of Texas at Austin   1996
Shao, Yilei   Princeton University   2007
Wei, Wan-Di   University of Nebraska-Lincoln   1996
Xiang, Gang   University of Texas at El Paso   2007
Yasuhara, Ken   University of Washington   2007


Commuter Science or Computer Science?

For a second there, I though I screwed up. The list is of computer science dissertations. I only spelled it incorrectly once.


Ahhh... Well if it is anyone on the list, which I doubt, I'd have to pick one of the individuals that graduated in 2006 or later. Much earlier wouldn't make too much sense to me.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: PrintCoins on January 14, 2012, 01:31:02 AM
I predict you will be assassinated before that 24 hours is up if you're correct. 8D

More likely Satoshi will be assassinated and/or picked up by g-men. I suspect that is why he has not surfaced in so long.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on January 14, 2012, 04:49:05 AM
What are the chances that Satoshi Nakamoto wrote a dissertation? And if you think he did, what keyword would be in the title of his dissertation?


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: deepceleron on January 14, 2012, 05:07:57 AM
What are the chances that Satoshi Nakamoto wrote a dissertation? And if you think he did, what keyword would be in the title of his dissertation?
Game theory: Extracting wealth from a globally-distributed crypto-ponzi?


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on January 14, 2012, 05:27:50 AM
http://www.yatedo.fr/p/Kurt+Huang/famous/0e8eef658b0257fb6ed449cc8678a8aa

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Kurt Huang is co-founder, president, and chief product officer of BitPass. He has a Computer Science degree from Harvard and an MD from Stanford. Named to the 2004 list of the world's 100 Top Young Innovators by MIT's Technology Review magazine.

Haibo Huang: http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=123114

or http://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/handle/2152/2444/huangd92682.pdf?sequence=2

Dissertation: Essays in Electronic Money and Banking (2005)

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Abstract:

This paper provides insight on how a modern system of private electronic money would work and how the necessary network shall function. We present a model with two types of private electronic currencies with one being local, and the other being global. Both of them display transactional advantages and dominate fiat money in rate of return. However, in spite of these different returns, the two electronic currencies and fiat money circulate in equilibrium. We further observe that the local electronic currency can be sold with a premium or with a discount, depending on several factors including the probability of relocation faced by the agents in this economy. The higher the probability of relocation, the higher is this discount, and the lower the share of the local electronic currency in the young creditors’ portfolio.

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In this paper, we focus our attention  on some particular aspects of the micropayment system, i.e.: the Internet payments system for the micro-products market. As of today, we do observe three different niches in this market. In the first niche, the sellers are packaging their micro-products in the form of subscriptions, thus increasing the value of individual transactions, so  that electronic equivalents of fiat money can be used as media of exchange. In the second niche, we find micro-payment companies playing the role of intermediaries between sellers and buyers; they operate in very different ways. For example, BitPass requires consumers to open and transfer money to an account; the credit card fee is hence only charged to this single transaction of funding the account; as consumers with accounts buy micro-products, merchants need to pay 15% of the value of each transaction to the Micropayment intermediaries, i.e. BitPass in our example.

Maybe all a dead end, but it'll get you a thinkin'!

http://www.giiresearch.com/report/mag210198-solving-micropayments-problem-minimizing-impact.html

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Companies mentioned in this report include: Amazon, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, Apple, PaymentOne, Zong, eBay, Microsoft, Facebook, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, PayPal, Starbucks, Google, Napster, Rhapsody, Netflix, DigiCash, CyberCash, ESPN, Playboy, First Virtual Holdings, Beenz, Flooz, IBM, Compaq, Digital Equipment Corporation, Peppercoin, Chockstone, BitPass, Clickandbuy, Zynga, OMGPOP, Boku, Electronic Arts, Aeria Games, Playdom, Zoosk, Flattr, Square, Twitter, BitCoin, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Mazooma, and Dwolla.

I just uploaded pdf and KeyNote versions of the talk I gave at the CIA last Tuesday:
 https://s3.amazonaws.com/gavinandresen-bitcoin/GavinAndresenCIATalk.pdf
 https://s3.amazonaws.com/gavinandresen-bitcoin/GavinAndresen_Bitcoin.key

I took questions in the middle, before I dove into the technical details. I was asked about whether or not I thought price instability would be a problem ("yes, I'll talk about that later") and how/why I got involved.

Later, at the panel discussion, I was asked a question that showed I need to do a better job of distinguishing bitcoin addresses and IP addresses. And I was asked if there were moral issues, since bitcoin can be used by criminals ("I'm working on bitcoin because I think the potential benefits to the world are much, much greater than the costs.")

The other speakers were from PayPal, Facebook Payments, M-Pesa, Heartland Payment Systems, and the Federal Reserve, so it was worth going just for the connections. Bitcoin is definitely the new kid on the block, and I presented it as such; not "bitcoin will take over the world" but "bitcoin is a very interesting experiment that could be world-changing if it works out."

And now... there is plenty of work to be done, so I'm going to stop reminiscing about the good old days last week....

Heartland Payment Systems purchased Chockstone which purchased Peppercoin.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: mahingupta on January 14, 2012, 06:21:05 AM
Feels like watching Sherlok Holmes 3... Go go Phinnaeus Gage...


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on January 14, 2012, 07:06:31 AM
Feels like watching Sherlok Holmes 3... Go go Phinnaeus Gage...

NO! Really! Jacob Goldstein is truly Tom Williams!  ;D

I wonder how much I can bribe theymos to have him ban me from this forum.  ;)


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: altuin on January 14, 2012, 07:15:05 PM
I though Shatoshi was his real name?


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: bulanula on January 14, 2012, 07:25:32 PM
Whoever he is, that guy outsmarted us all big time.

Having 1.5 MILLION BTC I find it hard to believe he is not the next digital Bernie !

It actually makes perfect sense. Control the biggest exchange so he can slowly cash out without us idiots noticing ?

Can anyone actually check how much coins he has and if they are spent etc. ?


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: legolouman on January 14, 2012, 07:35:29 PM
Whoever he is, that guy outsmarted us all big time.

Having 1.5 MILLION BTC I find it hard to believe he is not the next digital Bernie !

It actually makes perfect sense. Control the biggest exchange so he can slowly cash out without us idiots noticing ?

Can anyone actually check how much coins he has and if they are spent etc. ?

If, and only if satoshi owns fox, he wouldnt scam us. Bitcoin is his child, he wants it to succeed as a currency.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: zer0 on January 16, 2012, 07:34:05 AM
Satoshi is clearly from the future and returned after starting BTC to cash out his eleventy billion coins into quatloos. Or it's Gavin + everybody else in early BTC dev


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: bb113 on January 19, 2012, 05:29:37 AM
My personal (almost completely unresearched) theory is that the purpose of bitcoin was actually stuff like silk road and money laundering. Basically organized crime got fed up with bailing out the banks so they made a cryptocurrency finally happen. Maybe the yakuza put in the most funding or something. I dunno.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2009/dec/13/drug-money-banks-saved-un-cfief-claims


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Ente on January 23, 2012, 02:45:53 PM
Why are people so obsessed in revealing Satoshi?
He obviously chose to stay anonymous, I respect that. If he chooses to come out at Bitcoin's fifth anniversary, great!
There are good reasons to not have him public, think Assange. There is more on the news about the things he is accused of than about wikileaks..

Its a team of people anyway, Satoshi doesnt exist.

Ente


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on January 23, 2012, 03:14:36 PM
Why are people so obsessed in revealing Satoshi?
He obviously chose to stay anonymous, I respect that. If he chooses to come out at Bitcoin's fifth anniversary, great!
There are good reasons to not have him public, think Assange. There is more on the news about the things he is accused of than about wikileaks..

Its a team of people anyway, Satoshi doesnt exist.

Ente

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Why are people so obsessed in revealing Satoshi?

I can answer that in four words: Human Nature.

The same could be asked as to why people need to prove that Jesus exist, when all he supposedly did was good for the human race.

That said, a team of us are very close to solving this mystery. We've already successfully linked Freddie Mercury to Pavlov's Dog:

http://homepage.usask.ca/~lowey/boots_pics/freddie_mercury_67.jpg


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on March 30, 2012, 06:15:44 AM
My personal (almost completely unresearched) theory is that the purpose of bitcoin was actually stuff like silk road and money laundering. Basically organized crime got fed up with bailing out the banks so they made a cryptocurrency finally happen. Maybe the yakuza put in the most funding or something. I dunno.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2009/dec/13/drug-money-banks-saved-un-cfief-claims

The real purpose of Bitcoin: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=73666.0


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: opticbit on April 03, 2012, 01:22:09 AM
I believe I may have bumped into Satoshi Nakamoto in real life one day in the late 90's or early '00s.

we had a conversation while waiting in line.  It was about computers, fixing the money system and a few other things that I forget now.  Wish I knew where i put that business card.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on April 03, 2012, 01:34:27 AM
I believe I may have bumped into Satoshi Nakamoto in real life one day in the late 90's or early '00s.

we had a conversation while waiting in line.  It was about computers, fixing the money system and a few other things that I forget now.  Wish I knew where i put that business card.

I'll offer a 1 Satoshi bounty if you find that business card. Somebody please quote me, thereby locking this offer in stone.

~Bruno~


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: MoonShadow on April 03, 2012, 01:35:33 AM
I believe I may have bumped into Satoshi Nakamoto in real life one day in the late 90's or early '00s.

we had a conversation while waiting in line.  It was about computers, fixing the money system and a few other things that I forget now.  Wish I knew where i put that business card.

I'll offer a 1 Satoshi bounty if you find that business card. Somebody please quote me, thereby locking this offer in stone.

~Bruno~


Count me in for 1 satoshi, also.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: legolouman on April 03, 2012, 01:35:51 AM
I believe I may have bumped into Satoshi Nakamoto in real life one day in the late 90's or early '00s.

we had a conversation while waiting in line.  It was about computers, fixing the money system and a few other things that I forget now.  Wish I knew where i put that business card.

I'll offer a 1 Satoshi bounty if you find that business card. Somebody please quote me, thereby locking this offer in stone.

~Bruno~


I'll double it. TWO whole Satoshis!


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on April 03, 2012, 01:46:43 AM
I believe I may have bumped into Satoshi Nakamoto in real life one day in the late 90's or early '00s.

we had a conversation while waiting in line.  It was about computers, fixing the money system and a few other things that I forget now.  Wish I knew where i put that business card.

I'll offer a 1 Satoshi bounty if you find that business card. Somebody please quote me, thereby locking this offer in stone.

~Bruno~


I'll double it. TWO whole Satoshis!

I raise the pot. Now 4, count 'em, 4 Satoshis. Start hunting down that business card, opticbit, for I see the bounty climbing.

~Bruno~


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: legolouman on April 03, 2012, 01:49:39 AM
I believe I may have bumped into Satoshi Nakamoto in real life one day in the late 90's or early '00s.

we had a conversation while waiting in line.  It was about computers, fixing the money system and a few other things that I forget now.  Wish I knew where i put that business card.

I'll offer a 1 Satoshi bounty if you find that business card. Somebody please quote me, thereby locking this offer in stone.

~Bruno~


I'll double it. TWO whole Satoshis!

I raise the pot. Now 4, count 'em, 4 Satoshis. Start hunting down that business card, opticbit, for I see the bounty climbing.

~Bruno~


I raise it again.

5 whole Satoshis! I'm starting to risk bankruptcy.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on April 03, 2012, 02:26:00 AM
I believe I may have bumped into Satoshi Nakamoto in real life one day in the late 90's or early '00s.

we had a conversation while waiting in line.  It was about computers, fixing the money system and a few other things that I forget now.  Wish I knew where i put that business card.

I'll offer a 1 Satoshi bounty if you find that business card. Somebody please quote me, thereby locking this offer in stone.

~Bruno~


I'll double it. TWO whole Satoshis!

I raise the pot. Now 4, count 'em, 4 Satoshis. Start hunting down that business card, opticbit, for I see the bounty climbing.

~Bruno~


I raise it again.

5 whole Satoshis! I'm starting to risk bankruptcy.

Dude, you're breaking my balls. Allow me time to check my balance. Until then, spank yourself.

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQbctTDQGSj-8fYsBuOrfSll4SxD93VzU4k6Ye6XTPEsiS2wXJAjMqiMr1bBA


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: legolouman on April 03, 2012, 08:57:52 PM
I believe I may have bumped into Satoshi Nakamoto in real life one day in the late 90's or early '00s.

we had a conversation while waiting in line.  It was about computers, fixing the money system and a few other things that I forget now.  Wish I knew where i put that business card.

I'll offer a 1 Satoshi bounty if you find that business card. Somebody please quote me, thereby locking this offer in stone.

~Bruno~


I'll double it. TWO whole Satoshis!

I raise the pot. Now 4, count 'em, 4 Satoshis. Start hunting down that business card, opticbit, for I see the bounty climbing.

~Bruno~


I raise it again.

5 whole Satoshis! I'm starting to risk bankruptcy.

Dude, you're breaking my balls. Allow me time to check my balance. Until then, spank yourself.

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQbctTDQGSj-8fYsBuOrfSll4SxD93VzU4k6Ye6XTPEsiS2wXJAjMqiMr1bBA


So that's why I'm so strapped for cash! I forgot I ordered on of those things!


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: paraipan on April 06, 2012, 09:19:59 PM
I believe I may have bumped into Satoshi Nakamoto in real life one day in the late 90's or early '00s.

we had a conversation while waiting in line.  It was about computers, fixing the money system and a few other things that I forget now.  Wish I knew where i put that business card.

I'll offer a 1 Satoshi bounty if you find that business card. Somebody please quote me, thereby locking this offer in stone.

~Bruno~


I'll double it. TWO whole Satoshis!

I raise the pot. Now 4, count 'em, 4 Satoshis. Start hunting down that business card, opticbit, for I see the bounty climbing.

~Bruno~


I raise it again.

5 whole Satoshis! I'm starting to risk bankruptcy.

Dude, you're breaking my balls. Allow me time to check my balance. Until then, spank yourself.

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQbctTDQGSj-8fYsBuOrfSll4SxD93VzU4k6Ye6XTPEsiS2wXJAjMqiMr1bBA


So that's why I'm so strapped for cash! I forgot I ordered on of those things!



where is your satoshi ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EpWOzIzhf8


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: schnell on April 06, 2012, 09:38:09 PM
Is there an archive of the old forum?
Have you looked at all his posts to see if he accidently mentioned anything/used slang from a particular country?


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: rjk on April 06, 2012, 09:41:02 PM
Is there an archive of the old forum?
Have you looked at all his posts to see if he accidently mentioned anything/used slang from a particular country?
You can download the entire archive of forum posts (not including restricted forums) from the file that theymos posted recently. Look at some of the recent posts in Meta to find that thread.

Additionally, in another thread somewhere (not sure where), theymos also posted all of Satoshi's posts in the restricted sections in one big quote.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: schnell on April 06, 2012, 11:03:25 PM
Is there an archive of the old forum?
Have you looked at all his posts to see if he accidently mentioned anything/used slang from a particular country?
You can download the entire archive of forum posts (not including restricted forums) from the file that theymos posted recently. Look at some of the recent posts in Meta to find that thread.

Additionally, in another thread somewhere (not sure where), theymos also posted all of Satoshi's posts in the restricted sections in one big quote.
I mean the forum before this new one :)
Look at satoshis first post, it mentions an old forum.
Thanks, ill go look for that quote :D
Theymos if you are reading, link pwez?


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: schnell on April 06, 2012, 11:18:18 PM
I bring gifts! Just thought it might be useful to any satoshi-stalkers :3
This is my first useful post in over 150 posts! :D

Here are the Unix timestamps of all of Satoshi's posts, if you want to analyze them:
https://bitcointalk.org/satoshitimes.txt

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=75704.0;topicseen

Who happens to own this address? My first guess was Deepbit.
http://blockchain.info/address/1VayNert3x1KzbpzMGt2qdqrAThiRovi8

Code:
No. Transactions223139

Unspent Inputs22
Total Received8093038.68313512 BTC

Final Balance1059.44522289 BTC



In the thread they think its deepbit, but it may be satoshi.
If we can link the sent to/recieved from addresses to a deposit based site that doesn't dedicate you a wallet(like bitmit or glbse)we can contact that site and see the account the deposited/withdrew to/from that address.
Site operators that use systems like bitmit and glbse, are any of the addresses in that wallets history yours?

Hurrah for being useful!


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Ente on April 07, 2012, 08:49:36 AM
I am actually not sure if all this Satoshi stalking and fixation is helpful at all.. ;-)

Ente


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on April 07, 2012, 05:16:39 PM
If I were him and read this forum once in a while I would be terrified by all the loons looking for me. That alone would be enough to keep me from ever revealing my true identity.

Heard that, eh! I, too, would be terrified if Canadians were looking for me.

~Cackling Bear~


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: SgtSpike on April 07, 2012, 05:21:33 PM
Someone analyze the timestamps of his posts, so we can at least figure out what country/timezone he lived in.  Even if he's a night-owl, it should be easy to figure out whether he's in Asia, America, or Europe.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: legolouman on April 07, 2012, 08:25:40 PM
As soon as this starts heating up, I realize that I'm mingling with the enemy!

Sorry Bruno...


#TeamNakamoto


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on April 07, 2012, 08:34:59 PM
As soon as this starts heating up, I realize that I'm mingling with the enemy!

Sorry Bruno...

#TeamNakamoto

No problem, bud. It'll be great fun.

~Bruno~


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: yogi on April 07, 2012, 11:58:37 PM
Looking at the timestamp data his normal posting hours are between 14:00 & 03:00 UTC.

America maybe?



Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on April 08, 2012, 02:26:00 AM
Looking at the timestamp data his normal posting hours are between 14:00 & 03:00 UTC.

America maybe?


Pacific Coast? or?


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: SgtSpike on April 08, 2012, 02:27:50 AM
Looking at the timestamp data his normal posting hours are between 14:00 & 03:00 UTC.

America maybe?


That'd be 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM Pacific time, or 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM Eastern time in the US.

Wouldn't make sense for him to be in Japan, since that'd be somewhere along the lines of 10:00 PM to 11:00 AM.  Unless he stayed up all night and slept in the day.

I'm going for either Eastern US or Europe.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: MoonShadow on April 08, 2012, 04:01:25 AM
Someone analyze the timestamps of his posts, so we can at least figure out what country/timezone he lived in.  Even if he's a night-owl, it should be easy to figure out whether he's in Asia, America, or Europe.

You assume that the admins here havn't been complicit in screwing with such data.  I will say this much, once upon a time Satoshi & those who ran this forum at the time were mighty tight, and all of them were aware of such techniques.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on April 08, 2012, 04:35:50 AM
Someone analyze the timestamps of his posts, so we can at least figure out what country/timezone he lived in.  Even if he's a night-owl, it should be easy to figure out whether he's in Asia, America, or Europe.

You assume that the admins here havn't been complicit in screwing with such data.  I will say this much, once upon a time Satoshi & those who ran this forum at the time were mighty tight, and all of them were aware of such techniques.

So are you implying that you know they have changed the data?

Then they would have had to changed the time stamps of most all the other first users as well.

East coast would imply Bruce Wagner or MIT. I'm leaning toward the latter.

~Bruno~


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: MoonShadow on April 08, 2012, 04:42:01 AM
Someone analyze the timestamps of his posts, so we can at least figure out what country/timezone he lived in.  Even if he's a night-owl, it should be easy to figure out whether he's in Asia, America, or Europe.

You assume that the admins here havn't been complicit in screwing with such data.  I will say this much, once upon a time Satoshi & those who ran this forum at the time were mighty tight, and all of them were aware of such techniques.

So are you implying that you know they have changed the data?

I know almost nothing.

I do know that this server isn't the original bitcoin forum that Satoshi actually used to make those posts.  I also know that he was an incredibly privacy aware person who was at least as well educated about how he leaves digital tracks as anyone here who might pursue him.  If anyone would have had the wherewithall to ask the admins to spoof his connection data, it's him.  If anyone on this forum could have actually got cooperation in such an endeavor, it's him.  If I were Satoshi, I would have had my connection data randomized & selectively deleted.  If I were an admin with the right & ability to honor such a request from the founder of Bitcoin, I also would have done so while taking that to my grave if necessary.  I am not either person, however; but I think that you all are just spinning wheels.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: legolouman on April 08, 2012, 04:52:51 AM
Someone analyze the timestamps of his posts, so we can at least figure out what country/timezone he lived in.  Even if he's a night-owl, it should be easy to figure out whether he's in Asia, America, or Europe.

You assume that the admins here havn't been complicit in screwing with such data.  I will say this much, once upon a time Satoshi & those who ran this forum at the time were mighty tight, and all of them were aware of such techniques.

So are you implying that you know they have changed the data?

I know almost nothing.

I do know that this server isn't the original bitcoin forum that Satoshi actually used to make those posts.  I also know that he was an incredibly privacy aware person who was at least as well educated about how he leaves digital tracks as anyone here who might pursue him.  If anyone would have had the wherewithall to ask the admins to spoof his connection data, it's him.  If anyone on this forum could have actually got cooperation in such an endeavor, it's him.  If I were Satoshi, I would have had my connection data randomized & selectively deleted.  If I were an admin with the right & ability to honor such a request from the founder of Bitcoin, I also would have done so while taking that to my grave if necessary.  I am not either person, however; but I think that you all are just spinning wheels.

Well all know who me must find, and harass.

Where are you Theymos?


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on March 06, 2014, 08:03:44 PM
I predict you will be assassinated before that 24 hours is up if you're correct. 8D

I guess I wasn't.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Remember remember the 5th of November on March 06, 2014, 08:31:52 PM
I predict you will be assassinated before that 24 hours is up if you're correct. 8D

I guess I wasn't.
Or maybe you are dead, and someone posing as you posted that.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Ente on March 06, 2014, 09:07:13 PM
Well, there'#s no "Nakamoto" on the list. No matter what surname.
Maybe Satoshi used a pseudonym on the http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/ list?

Ente


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Zeta0S on March 06, 2014, 09:08:59 PM
Is it possible that the mathematician we know as Satoshi Nakamoto can be found here: http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/

And if so, I think the real identity can be gleaned in less than 24 hours. I've narrowed the list down to 114 candidates by searching the keyword 'cryptography' generating the results shown here: http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/results.php? A new list can be created if one searches a different keyword or phrase here: http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/search.php

The list can easily be whittled down by eliminating names of women, if that's a safe assumption. The idea is that somebody here may recognize a name, thus putting two and two together--connecting the dots, if you will.

Even if this proves to be a dead end, I believe something could come out of the use of this site. It's the first time I've encountered it and find it rather fascinating.

~Bruno~

Whittling the list: 2009 Graduates in Pink

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Your search has found 114 records in our database.

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Adhikari, Avishek            Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata             2004
Applebaum, Benny          Technion-Israel Institute of Technology       2007
Arrighi, Pablo                 University of Cambridge                            2004
Avoine, Gildas                École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne   2005
Aydos, Murat                 Oregon State University                           2001
Baier, Harald                 Technische Universität Darmstadt               2002
Bak, Daniella                 City University of New York                        2000
Barak, Boaz                  Weizmann Institute of Science                    2004
Batina, Lejla                 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven                     2005
Benits, Jr., Waldyr         Royal Holloway, University of London            2008
Bentahar, Kamel            University of Bristol                                   2008
Bisson, Gaetan             Technische Universiteit Eindhoven                2011
Bisson, Gaetan             Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine     2011
Bone, Eric                    Brandeis University                                    2004
Boneh, Dan                  Princeton University                                  1996
Brassard, Gilles             Cornell University                                      1979             (Too Old?)
Bregman, Ido               Hebrew University                                      2009
Broadbent, Anne          Université de Montréal                                2008
Cachin, Christian          Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich 1997
Chandran, Nishanth       University of California, Los Angeles              2011
Chee, Yeow Meng   University of Waterloo   1996
Chor, Ben-Zion   Massachusetts Institute of Technology   1985
Ciet, Mathieu   Université Catholique de Louvain   2003
Cohen, Aaron   University of Minnesota-Minneapolis   2007
Condie, Leisa   University of New South Wales   1992
Cusak, Charles   University of Nebraska-Lincoln   2000
Damgård, Ivan   Aarhus University   1988
Dechene, Isabelle   McGill University   2005
Desmedt, Yvo   Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   1984
Dodis, Yevgeniy   Massachusetts Institute of Technology   2000
Döring, Martin   Technische Universität Darmstadt   2008
Doumen, Jeroen   Technische Universiteit Eindhoven   2003
Eagle, Philip   Royal Holloway, University of London   2008
Fernández Rúa, Ignacio   Universidad de Oviedo   2004
Freeman, David   University of California, Berkeley   2008
Freking, William   University of Minnesota-Minneapolis   2000
Gastaud Gallagher, Nicolas   Georgia Institute of Technology   2007
Giuliani, Kenneth   University of Waterloo   2005
Green, Matthew   The Johns Hopkins University   2008
Greenfield, Jonathan   Syracuse University   1993
Grundy, Dan   University of Kent, Canterbury   2008
Gysin, Marc   University of Wollongong   1998
Halsey, James   North Carolina State University   1970                  (Too Old?)
Hardjono, Thomas   University of New South Wales   1991
Heindl, Raymond   Clemson University   2009
Henhapl, Birgit   Technische Universität Darmstadt   2003
Herzog, Jonathan   Massachusetts Institute of Technology   2004
Hitt, Laura   University of Texas at Austin   2007
Hsiao, Chun-Yuan   Boston University Graduate School   2010
Juma, Ali   University of Toronto   2011
Kaliski, Jr., Burton   Massachusetts Institute of Technology   1988
Kalka, Arkadius   Ruhr-Universität Bochum   2007
Kanukurthi, Bhavana   Boston University Graduate School   2011
Kaps, Jens-Peter   Worcester Polytechnic Institute   2006
Karabina, Koray   University of Waterloo   2010
Khadra, Anmar   University of Waterloo   2004
Kiayias, Aggelos   City University of New York   2002
Klima, Richard   North Carolina State University   1997
Klimov, Alexander   Weizmann Institute of Science   2005
Ködmön, József   University of Debrecen   2005
Koskinen, Jukka   Lappeenranta University of Technology   1994
Kumar, Sandeep   Ruhr-Universität Bochum   2006
Laskari, Elena   University of Patras   2010
Liskov, Moses   Massachusetts Institute of Technology   2004
Livne, Noam   Weizmann Institute of Science   2010
Lu, Steve   University of California, Los Angeles   2009
Mashatan, Atefeh   University of Waterloo   2009
Maurer, Ueli   Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich   1990
Minder, Lorenz   École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne   2007
Mironov, Ilya   Stanford University   2003
Möller, Bodo   Technische Universität Darmstadt   2003
Monico, Christopher   University of Notre Dame   2002
Montanari, Andrea   Università degli Studi di Perugia   2010
Moran, Tal   Weizmann Institute of Science   2008
Myers, Steven   University of Toronto   2005
Nance, Jr., John   North Carolina State University   1972                      (Too Old?)
Neat, Charlie   University of California, Los Angeles   1975                    (Too Old?)
Overbeck, Raphael   Technische Universität Darmstadt   2007
Papakonstantinou, Periklis   University of Toronto   2010
Park, Je-Hong   Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology   2004
Park, Seung Kook   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2007
Peralta, Rene   University of California, Berkeley   1985
Peters, Christiane   Technische Universiteit Eindhoven   2011
Petkova, Maria   Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin   2009
Qu, Chengxin   University of Wollongong   2000
Ràfols, Carla   Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya   2011
Rhouma, Rhouma   École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis   2008
Ritzenhofen, Maike   Ruhr-Universität Bochum   2010
Rodriguez-Henriquez, Francisco   Oregon State University   2000
Savas, Erkay   Oregon State University   2000
Schaffner, Christian   Aarhus University   2007
Scheidler, Renate   University of Manitoba   1993
Schillewaert, Jeroen   Universiteit Gent   2009
Schwabe, Peter   Technische Universiteit Eindhoven   2011
Shaheen, Rasha   Cairo University   2010
Shang, Ning   Purdue University   2009
Shen, Shuo   Purdue University   2007
Shershin, Carmen   University of Miami   1982
Shokrollahi, Jamshid   Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn   2006
Sigmon, Neil   North Carolina State University   1995
Stebila, Douglas   University of Waterloo   2009
Sunar, Berk   Oregon State University   1998
Tawalbeh, Lo'ai   Oregon State University   2004
Teague, Vanessa   Stanford University   2005
Thomas, Tony   Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur   2006
Toli, Ilia   Università di Pisa   2004
Wehner, Stephanie   Universiteit van Amsterdam   2008
Weis, Stephen   Massachusetts Institute of Technology   2006
Wolf, Christopher   Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   2005
Wolf, Stefan   Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich   1999
Wyseur, Brecht   Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   2009
Yao, Chui Zhi   University of California, Riverside   2008
Zuccherato, Robert   University of Waterloo   1997
Zumbrägel, Jens   Universität Zürich   2008
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Dude Satoshi Nakamoto = Mark Karpelès


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Lauda on March 06, 2014, 09:34:06 PM
PG, bitcointalk University 2011
Solved.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Thracian on March 06, 2014, 11:37:46 PM
Found by Newsweek Magazine

64yo Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto

http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: MoonShadow on March 07, 2014, 04:07:12 AM
Found by Newsweek Magazine

64yo Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto

http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html

Yeah, well.  Read the last comment.

http://p2pfoundation.ning.com/m/discussion?id=2003008%3ATopic%3A9402


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Bit_Happy on March 07, 2014, 05:02:31 AM
Found by Newsweek Magazine

64yo Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto

http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html

Yeah, well.  Read the last comment.

http://p2pfoundation.ning.com/m/discussion?id=2003008%3ATopic%3A9402

Yep, Reddit was going nuts. :)


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Lauda on March 08, 2014, 03:13:28 PM
Everyone is going nuts.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: softron on March 10, 2014, 06:56:11 AM
Intresting, satoshi must have been close to d devs of hashcash.


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Gyrsur on October 21, 2014, 02:57:29 PM
more complete list:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategorie:Kryptologe


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Zeta0S on October 22, 2014, 03:03:20 AM
interdasting memes


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: 1echo on October 22, 2014, 03:10:15 AM
check this: http://fuk.io/who-is-satoshi-nakamoto-the-truth/

CRAZY research but possibly satoshi s already a famous person


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: laverre on October 22, 2014, 10:53:28 AM
24 hours? :D
It have been two and half years now... so who is he?


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Gleb Gamow on October 22, 2014, 07:08:54 PM
24 hours? :D
It have been two and half years now... so who is he?

So, that's where BFL stole their In Two Weeks™ clause from.  ;D


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: BADecker on October 22, 2014, 07:25:48 PM
I predict you will be assassinated before that 24 hours is up if you're correct. 8D

I guess I wasn't.

Of course, maybe you were, and the "you" we are talking to is a double, sent in to glean whatever other info he can get in these forums.

:)


Title: Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: The Next 24 Hours
Post by: Gleb Gamow on October 22, 2014, 09:01:04 PM
I predict you will be assassinated before that 24 hours is up if you're correct. 8D

I guess I wasn't.

Of course, maybe you were, and the "you" we are talking to is a double, sent in to glean whatever other info he can get in these forums.

:)

Note to self: Open a BADecker file.  :o