Bitcoin Forum

I think the man they found could really be the creator of bitcoins.  It is possible that he created the project as just a hobby and never expected it to become what it has; he saw no reason to hide his identity.  His age and the nature of his hobbies also contribute to the connection of him to the bitcoin project.  Monetarily speaking, he may have only expected to make enough to retire comfortably.  Many of the world's greatest inventions are accidents and so could be his bitcoin project.


edited in:  Maybe Satoshi wanted the world to acknowledge his genius.  Maybe he wanted to be found out someday.

So you create out of trying to stay hidden yet you put your real name on it? Does not add up dude. Why not found long ago instead of a 2 cent hack from a failed news company?

For one, why would Satoshi wish to remain anonymous but blatantly use his real name online? It's possible Satoshi is not his real name or he changed his name legally to Satoshi Nakamoto.

it's him.

I think that he could have created the bitcoin project for "fun" and therefore had no reason to hide his identity; he did not predict the meteoric rise of bitcoins value.  Or... maybe it's just a bored, old Japanese guy trying to created some drama for himself by taking false credit (or "not" taking credit in a slick manner).

I've dealt with people like this in the past (brilliant, reclusive, but socially not all there) and they also make mistakes in real life too, or what we would consider mistakes. It would not surprise me to hear that he didn't keep any of the bitcoins he mined himself (as in he deleted his wallet, etc) and to him he would have no regrets because he would rather build model airplanes (or something similar) than be a multimillionaire. The guy who developed dish-tv worked for me at one point, same way. Also, I worked at NASA at one point, brilliant people there, one guy developed a guidance system for missiles and gave it to the government for free because he didn't want to be bothered with any complicated sales process.

agreed.  reminds me of all the people who mine for bitcoins for the love of computers and machines rather than purely for profit.

From looking at further correspondances from this Dorian Nakamoto his English is not great and his writing style is competely unlike Satoshi's.

link?

Has Newsweek been Goxed?

Man, satoshi used Tor all the time. No one uses his real name behind Tor, right?

Unless the name would be common i.e. relatively anonymous, like Robert Smith.

But you do have a point, that is rather inconsistent. Pity that we will likely never know ...