My opinion is that the best candidate (if it was 1 guy) to be Satoshi Nakamoto was David Kleiman, but he died like 3 years ago. As far as I know (because I did some researches on him) he was crazy about security and I believe that the "premine" is lost. I now googled him and saw the date he died - April 26, 2013. Bitcoin started to explode in November, 2013 and its peak ($1150) was at the end of the month. Probably that could be one of the explanations on why he didn't sold a single coin.
Even if he's dead by now, he probably left a backup and told his relatives about it, he won't just throw away millions of dollars. You think?  While he was alive, Kleiman kept a heavy-duty USB drive on his person at all times. Paige believes it might have been made by the brand Corsair — which boasts that its products are encased in “an anodized aircraft-grade aluminum housing.” If he really did possess a Satoshi Nakamoto-level fortune, it may have been sitting on that drive. According to Paige, that drive was passed to Kleiman’s brother Ira, who declined to speak on the record about whether he possessed it. But even if the bitcoins were there, recovering them wouldn’t be nearly as simple as pulling files from an ordinary USB drive. Kleiman, the consummate security buff, locked down everything he owned with encryption strong enough that even his tech-savvy partners doubt they’d be able to crack it. “If you told me there was a million dollars on Dave’s computer in this room, I wouldn’t even bother trying to look for it,” Paige said. “It would be a waste of time.”
Source: http://gizmodo.com/the-strange-life-and-death-of-dave-kleiman-a-computer-1747092460Even if they were encrypted, he handed him the drive for a reason. he surely gave him the encryption key for the drive. Maybe he didn't spend them because he doesn't actually need any money, or maybe he dumped the drive an hour later, we'll never know, or maybe we will? Maybe he handed him the encrypted drive with the beliefs that a quantum computers would exist in the future and the encryption could be easily broken? I don't think he gave him even a clues on how the drive could be encrypted. Dave Kleiman was on a wheelchair for like 15-20 years and I think he died broke. The price of Bitcoin at the time of his death was $100 - $120, giving him a net worth of over $100 million (some sources claim that he had/have 1.5 million BTC). I think that he could have sold like $100-$200k worth of bitcoins and make his life a bit easier. |
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Why not the hackers ask for Monero or Bytecoin. These are more anonymous coins and are more difficult to trace the usage.
Maybe because many people still don't know anything even about Litecoin, which was like the 8th cryptocurrency after Bitcoin. |
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Hey, I have a new example for the logo:  Keep in mind that the discussion thread about the logo is located @ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1555342.0P.S. Only one donation for the block explorer is made. I hope that more people would help us. Cheers, Spartak |
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Hello, New example: Cheers, Spartak |
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I think that there are a lot of ways to cover yourself. On a second thought, hackers are usually active internet users and it is highly unlikely that they are unaware of bitcoin traceability
Sure, that is why I've said they are aware of that. |
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My opinion is that the best candidate (if it was 1 guy) to be Satoshi Nakamoto was David Kleiman, but he died like 3 years ago. As far as I know (because I did some researches on him) he was crazy about security and I believe that the "premine" is lost. I now googled him and saw the date he died - April 26, 2013. Bitcoin started to explode in November, 2013 and its peak ($1150) was at the end of the month. Probably that could be one of the explanations on why he didn't sold a single coin.
Even if he's dead by now, he probably left a backup and told his relatives about it, he won't just throw away millions of dollars. You think? While he was alive, Kleiman kept a heavy-duty USB drive on his person at all times. Paige believes it might have been made by the brand Corsair — which boasts that its products are encased in “an anodized aircraft-grade aluminum housing.” If he really did possess a Satoshi Nakamoto-level fortune, it may have been sitting on that drive. According to Paige, that drive was passed to Kleiman’s brother Ira, who declined to speak on the record about whether he possessed it. But even if the bitcoins were there, recovering them wouldn’t be nearly as simple as pulling files from an ordinary USB drive. Kleiman, the consummate security buff, locked down everything he owned with encryption strong enough that even his tech-savvy partners doubt they’d be able to crack it. “If you told me there was a million dollars on Dave’s computer in this room, I wouldn’t even bother trying to look for it,” Paige said. “It would be a waste of time.”
Source: http://gizmodo.com/the-strange-life-and-death-of-dave-kleiman-a-computer-1747092460 |
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With that said, I feel that Satoshi does deserve the coins that he mined (as well as every cent they are worth).
completely disagree, and it almost entirely defeats the purpose of having a decentralised p2p currency. not point in having an alternative to the banker/gov controlled fiat if we just replace them with a new banker with an even bigger cut. Your sound like most of the people here who are constantly asking for news from developers, because they only care about their $5 profit. These are the people who are always "waiting something to happen", instead to try and help with something. Of course that the creator of Bitcoin deserves the money, he made 100s or maybe 1000s of people millionaires. |
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Well, it looks fake, because there is no such street in Youngstown, Ohio. There is one called "Little North Road" - https://www.google.bg/maps/place/4918+Little+North+Rd,+Youngstown,+OH+44505,+%D0%A1%D1%8A%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8+%D1%89%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8/@41.1490171,-80.6537934,3a,75y,308.67h,72.72t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1smOGnw8gXvT_H2ZKdjQKYQA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DmOGnw8gXvT_H2ZKdjQKYQA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.TACTILE.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D392%26h%3D106%26yaw%3D179.97508%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x8833e60cdcb0f12d:0xe327af04a5b3f6ac!8m2!3d41.1489917!4d-80.6537934 |
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Most people (hackers included) still don't know that Bitcoin is not anonymous and can be traced.
Of course the hackers know that... |
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Maybe on a later future they could ask for LTC, Ethereum (ETH or ETC) or whatever. It is quite possible. P.S. I think that the first ransomware was CryptoLocker and the creator was found to be a russian hacker so, yes, you could say that ransomware's origin is Russia. P.S.2 I did read the article, but I could send you 10 FAIL coins as I don't think I was infected by your ransomware.  |
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My opinion is that the best candidate (if it was 1 guy) to be Satoshi Nakamoto was David Kleiman, but he died like 3 years ago. As far as I know (because I did some researches on him) he was crazy about security and I believe that the "premine" is lost. I now googled him and saw the date he died - April 26, 2013. Bitcoin started to explode in November, 2013 and its peak ($1150) was at the end of the month. Probably that could be one of the explanations on why he didn't sold a single coin.
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The DAO didn't fail, it was hacked. There is a MASSIVE difference.
Your stupidity always amuses me.   |
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losh, technically the troll is right - you offered to send him $10k in BTC if Litecoin isn't listed on GDAX within the next 60 days. But I do believe in the "put your money where your mouth is" rule, and if he is so sure that LTC won't be listed, then he should honour and match the bet. That would not be an honorable move but a stupid one. Well, it depends, because losh11 is obviously speculating (i.e. he is sure that LTC will be listed, but he's not sure when) and that is why he also agreed on the 120 day period. Otherwise, it would be stupid, because I am also quite sure that sooner or later, Litecoin is going to be listed on GDAX. |
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losh, technically the troll is right - you offered to send him $10k in BTC if Litecoin isn't listed on GDAX within the next 60 days. But I do believe in the "put your money where your mouth is" rule, and if he is so sure that LTC won't be listed, then he should honour and match the bet. |
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Almost $5 million were raised? Yeah, right! |
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Heya, barabbas... long time no see. |
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BitcoinNational gave you a good advice. |
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Yes, someone close this thread already. Nothing but adolescent keyboard warriors vomiting nonsense in their typical arrogant and ignorant way.
It's really simple, if you don't like the coin, dev or whatever. Just fucking leave and move on to what you do believe in. Spend your 'precious time' supporting them instead of posting useless and clueless crap here.
Thank you very much.
You are indeed an idiot. This is what I am doing for 3 years already - supporting cryptocurrencies. "Projects" like WARP are cancer to them and if you think that my loss (I don't even remember how much it was) was the reason to post in this thread, then you are x2 idiot. I've lost 100s of thousands $ in potential profit (you can do some research and you will see that back in 2014 I was mining $1000 - $1500 worth of coins in a day, using 420 MH scrypt asics which costed 47,000 euro). Its really simple, if you are real supporter of the cryptocurrencies, then you should do your best to prevent scams in them. |
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I'm not an LTC lover either (well, I was, until my investor screwed me and I currently own 0 litecoins), but I am so called "supporter of the cryptocurrencies". Litecoin is a valid project and deserves the respect of the people. I believe that Charlie Lee has nothing to do with the LTC listing on GDAX. Maybe he has some advantage (which is normal), because they are colleagues, but I repeat - that won't be the main reason if GDAX decides to list it.
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Satoshi Lite is a director(or something big at GDAX)
That one reason is enough, im sure it will get listed there
Lee is director of engineering at GDAX, but I don't think it can be considered as one of the main reasons for Litecoin to be listed there. I am 100% sure that he is not taking advantage with his position on the exchange! Haha, it will be lised within 60 days, and Cob Lee will share 10k usd with that guy. It is called insta add ltc. If you really think that this is the case, then its fair to say that your IQ is equal to a room temperature. |
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