It's not entirely impossible that it could happen that way. Many gay people stay hidden for years and suddenly come out of the closet, and then their whole persona change, and they react in a total opposite way, than they did before. Not saying Wright is gay, but just using the example of how people can change.

Time for Satoshi, to come out of the closet. ^heh^

There are a lot of people, who go to jail for something someone else did, because the person who did the crime, had  money to pay. People sell their kidney for money, why would they not go to jail for someone else?

The only thing they can charge him with, could be tax evasion on capital gains, and that would not stand up in court, because he did not receive any monetary reward from those coins yet. He should have declared the commodity, but what value does he use as a reference?

I think, he did this for the fame and it is a complete hoax. ^hmf^

I think the most important question would have to be, "What are you going to do with your 1 000 000 bitcoins?" The answer to that question, will have a significant impact on Bitcoins future. If he convert to fiat, the price per bitcoin would drop drastically.

The decision to hoard, would give investors and speculators a opportunity to invest.

If I have to take a guess, they were looking for his private keys for the 1 million bitcoins. How many agents are going to be arrested for stealing coins after this raid? It was to be expected and we might be seeing some tax charges being filed, if they find anything.

Let's say for one moment, Wright is Satoshi, would it not be more suitable to protect him? He will after all be the greatest inventor in this century. He will be the financial Einstein of the world. Strange how governments attack people like these. 

Why would you link this news to the rise in the price? If there are a link between the two, investors are more positive about the future of the currency now that they know who the inventor are, or it might just be a renewed interest spike, after this received a lot of media attention.

Whatever the reason, it is good for business in the Bitcoin world. ^ 2 the Moon ^

You have to admit, he surely fits the profile better than Dorian Nakamoto, if half of what they are saying is true.   He seems to be very intelligent, private and very much into Bitcoin. He has some Libertarian background and he wanted to create his own Bitcoin Bank.

I think the Australian government will take this very seriously now, and he will be investigated from all angles. I will not trade places with him for the next couple of months. The media are going to have a field day with this now. ^hmf^  

Who can stop you from collecting Bitcoin and spending it in another country, or better yet, relocating to another country when it does get banned? The media are such a attention whore, and they will jump on the first rumor and sell it as fact within the first hour.

Until Taiwan make a public statement about matters like this, you have to take everything as Media Fud. 

Did they say how Kleiman died anywhere? There will be new interest in this story, IF it was due to unnatural causes. The 1 Million bitcoin paycheck in 2020 would be a big enough incentive for people to do crazy stuff.

Wired just opened up a can of worms with this find, and he most probably has a big stash of coins apart from the 1.1 million, if he has been mining with the super computer for a while. Imagine that, Satoshi not going the ASIC route and still mining with a super computer.

In a way, I want this to be him, because this uncertainty created a whole lot of fear and conspiracy theory, keeping some countries for example Estonia in two minds about the acceptance of Bitcoin. ^hmf^

His response rather indicate to me, someone who is undecided on the matter. He wants to say something, but something is holding him back. It could be one huge elaborate hoax or it could be the real deal. He is obviously VERY intelligent and very private, and he ticks most of the <Wright> boxes. Excuse the pun. ^hmf^

I think, we might just have the real deal here. 

If it is a hoax, it is a bloody good one. The Satoshi millions in the trust also explains why it has not moved. I just wonder, if this is true, who holds the private key. Could it be that we have two Satoshi's? Wright & Kleiman?

Who would have guessed that such a great mind, could have come from down under, from all places. Let's see how this play out. ^hmf^

The newbie stage is short lived anyway and best used to ask some questions and to get a feel for the forum and it's rules. The advertisers do not want to pay for mostly non-constructive posting. The other members wants a spam-free environment to discuss Bitcoin.

If more signature campaigns offered newbies entry into this and the board gets spammed, more experienced people will leave and we will be left with a forum full of signature spammers.

Take the time to see what is posted on the forum and ask the questions while you are a newbie, and you will be jr member before you even know it. ^hmf^

I always use this method, when I approach them. I ask them if they accept Bitcoin. If the reply is NO, I ask Why not?

~ If they say, What is Bitcoin - I would explain it shortly and direct them to online Bitcoin processors.
~ If they say, What is the advantage for them? - I would highlight the cost savings and the edge they have over
   other companies that did not accept it yet.
~ If they say, There is not enough demand for it - I send friends to their business to ask this same question.

It works 9 out of 10 times for me. Try that, it just works. ^hmf^

I have to say it is a great way to introduce new people to micro payments from all over the world. I regularly interact with people on other platforms and at some point the <Bitcoin> topic gets discussed. I use this forum as a example of how micro tasks can be awarded and they are normally blown out of the water, when they grasp this concept. I have seen some of these people joining and also participating in signature campaigns, which is great for adoption.

There will always be a few people who would misuse this opportunity, but they get dealt with very quickly. I post casually during the week and get rewarded for that, and over weekends I take a break and enjoy the fruit of my labor, by spending that bitcoins on my kids. < Buying a ice cream or paying for a movie >

Thanks for the opportunity to spoil my kids a little for the time I spend on here. ^hmf^

I have seen this type of bots on another forum too, they start out with garbage content <Think this is the testing phase> and then it gets replaced with Ad spamming. I was a moderator on that forum and it made me crazy to clean up all those posts manually.

I have to say, the mods on this forum are doing a damn fine job, protecting us from what could potentially be, Spam Hell.

I do not use memory sticks at all, due to the vulnerabilities with the BadUsb exploits targeting the USB firmware. I would rather download the whole bitaddress.org website and transfer it to a offline computer and generate the paper wallets there. Print it and keep it safe and never go online with the old computer you used to generate it.

It has worked for me for years, and I have not lost any coins since I used this method. The printer buffer should also be cleared {hard rebooted} if you going to use it again in a online environment.

The question is, what do they have to sacrifice to receive this? Last time I spoke to a guy from Finland {gamer} he said that they get daily payments made to make up for losses of income due to illness averaged about 80 percent of a typical wage and could last for as many as 300 workdays.

Hospital care in public hospitals was generally free, and other compensation amounted to 60 percent of doctors' fees, 75 percent of laboratory expenses, and 50 percent of medicine costs. In the mid-1980s, dental care was free for anyone born after 1961.

Maternity leave payments amounted to about 80 percent of income for about one year, and could begin five weeks before the estimated date of the birth.

They also paid for tertiary education for anything you want to study, but if you fail, you have to pay on your own.

How much of that is still in use today, is not clear to me, because I have not spoken to him in years. ^hmf^

Taringa might just have sparked something with this. There are always competition between social media for market share. If Taringa continue with this, they might just grab a share of other social media platforms and grow much bigger. We might just see a competitor to Facebook rising from the ashes.

I am just glad someone is rewarding content creators and they are exposing people to Bitcoin in the process. This might just spark curiosity with the other Taringa users, who did not receive this. ^hmmm^ 

I visited Kenya < Nairobi > last year and they had BitPesa. The tourist guide showed us how it worked at a tavern < We call it a bar > and he says it converts digital currency such as bitcoin into local African currencies. M-pesa is more common, but bitcoin is making some in roads into the country.

I was amazed at the level of knowledge these guys had about mobile payment services. ^hmf^

I once had about 200, but I sold most of it and re-invested it into something else, when the price reached $800. I had my doubts about Bitcoin when it spiked to $1000. I am getting lower returns on my other investments, but I am riding out the storm and looking at the directions this whole Core / XT thing are going.

I still have a few bitcoins left, because I love the technology and I should still make a nice profit from that, if it goes to the moon. Those coins are all stashed away in paper wallets. ^hmf^

You would have to repeat the backup process for that every day, to have a updated version of the Blockchain. Why not rather build your own Faraday cage, and be protected from those pesky EMP's? Here is a link to start you on your journey to a EMP free zone, http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/build-your-own-faraday-cage-heres-how/

I guess there are loads of them out there and some government and private companies have invested in this already.