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Title: Clues for the origin of the name Satoshi Nakamoto Post by: danalex on September 14, 2012, 10:45:50 PM The origin of the name Satoshi Nakamoto may be related to the very famous Japanese musician:
"Ryuichi Sakamoto" Also it may have a connection with the word "Satori" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satori which makes me think he likes Buddhism and Zen. Title: Re: Clues for the origin of the name Satoshi Nakamoto Post by: Etlase2 on September 14, 2012, 10:50:01 PM Ugh I can't remember his name exactly, but there's an established cryptographer with a name like Hiroshi Osaka or something ridiculously similar to Satoshi's name. Quite a bit more relevant than this connection. Can't really give too much meaning to similar looking anglicanized Japanese names.
Title: Re: Clues for the origin of the name Satoshi Nakamoto Post by: MysteryMiner on September 16, 2012, 10:24:23 PM Satoshi Nakomoto is word most likely invented by westerner. Like Yamomoto Kamikaze or Sepukku Fujitsu.
Title: Re: Clues for the origin of the name Satoshi Nakamoto Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on September 17, 2012, 12:14:05 AM As for the origin of the name, this was the best I've ever offered up.
I'm inclined to lean toward the following reason: http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/11/mf_bitcoin/ Quote When they weren’t busy mining, the faithful tried to solve the mystery of the man they called simply Satoshi. On a bitcoin IRC channel, someone noted portentously that in Japanese Satoshi means “wise.” Someone else wondered whether the name might be a sly portmanteau of four tech companies: SAmsung, TOSHIba, NAKAmichi, and MOTOrola. It seemed doubtful that Nakamoto was even Japanese. His English had the flawless, idiomatic ring of a native speaker. Title: Re: Clues for the origin of the name Satoshi Nakamoto Post by: goodlord666 on September 17, 2012, 04:16:31 AM Satoshi Nakomoto is word most likely invented by westerner. Like Yamomoto Kamikaze or Sepukku Fujitsu. Agreed. 'Satoshi Nakamoto' had always sounded unnatural to me. Title: Re: Clues for the origin of the name Satoshi Nakamoto Post by: zebedee on September 17, 2012, 09:22:47 AM Satoshi Nakomoto is word most likely invented by westerner. Like Yamomoto Kamikaze or Sepukku Fujitsu. Agreed. 'Satoshi Nakamoto' had always sounded unnatural to me. Nakamoto could be translated as "the centre of things". Title: Re: Clues for the origin of the name Satoshi Nakamoto Post by: Akka on September 17, 2012, 09:28:10 AM As for Satoshi, I'm pretty shure he/she/they came up with this name due to this: http://findsatoshi.wordpress.com/
Its a game going on for years now (Started July 31, 2006) and is older than BTC. Nakamoto --> No Idea. Title: Re: Clues for the origin of the name Satoshi Nakamoto Post by: goodlord666 on September 17, 2012, 10:09:10 AM Satoshi Nakomoto is word most likely invented by westerner. Like Yamomoto Kamikaze or Sepukku Fujitsu. Agreed. 'Satoshi Nakamoto' had always sounded unnatural to me. Nakamoto could be translated as "the centre of things". Something about the construct doesn't sound right. I had never heard that Japanese name pair before. I believe there is some traditional conventions as to which first and last names to pair. It's kind of like "Bart Rockefeller". It's just weird, but a Japanese kid might think it's a perfectly OK name from watching American TV. Title: Re: Clues for the origin of the name Satoshi Nakamoto Post by: the_thing on September 17, 2012, 11:15:32 AM Satoshi Nakomoto is word most likely invented by westerner. Like Yamomoto Kamikaze or Sepukku Fujitsu. Agreed. 'Satoshi Nakamoto' had always sounded unnatural to me. http://files.sharenator.com/Batman_Bin_Suparman_Superman_Or_Batman_who_is_better-s507x359-135878-580.jpg Seriously, people give unnatural, or even downright ridiculous names to their children. My granny had a neighbour and his name could be roughly translated as "IWelcomeYou". As for Satoshi, from what I've heard, he most likely isn't japanese. Title: Re: Clues for the origin of the name Satoshi Nakamoto Post by: goodlord666 on September 17, 2012, 11:37:46 AM ^They have 'race' on their passports? How quaint.
Title: Re: Clues for the origin of the name Satoshi Nakamoto Post by: Elwar on September 17, 2012, 04:05:14 PM I had also heard it was from a popular game or cartoon character.
Title: Re: Clues for the origin of the name Satoshi Nakamoto Post by: SilverStars on November 05, 2017, 11:03:22 AM SAmsung TOSHIba NAKAmichi MOTOrola
Title: Re: Clues for the origin of the name Satoshi Nakamoto Post by: mysterybanker on November 29, 2017, 10:26:38 AM I saw in another thread they have found him lol ;D
Title: Re: Clues for the origin of the name Satoshi Nakamoto Post by: CryptoChanel on December 12, 2017, 04:32:46 AM I think they just wanted to create a name which sounds funny in the West.
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