How did Satoshi managed to stay anonymous?

[Bisha]

One of the things that fascinates me is the fact of how Satoshi managed to stay anonymous this whole time. In all honestly he might just be the last person in the world pulling this off - doing such a great work, having so much attention while no one knows who he is.

In todays world it's so easy to be traced, justa small digital fingerprint is enough. Not to mention that Satoshi maybe wasn't just a single person? He could be of course, but at the same time, to have someone knowing so much about mathematics, economics and the financial system just amazes me. So if this Satoshi entity isn't just one person, it's even more difficult to stay anonymous, having to trust other people. That's why I think he might just be one person.

The fact 1 person could, these days, do something so amazing and staying anonymous is just surprising. Do you think you could do it? If so, how? It probably took him a lot of planning before for sure

[TheGr33k]

Well he was really distant, forum posts would not show his real personality I guess. I guess its easy to stay anonymous if you arevery careful what you do online

[twiifm]

Because hes a made up character used to create a mythology to scam gullible people into buying worthless funbux for real money

[twiifm]

Because hes a made up character used to create a mythology to scam gullible people into buying worthless funbux for real money

LOL okay, I think you forgot that Satoshi never sold any Bitcoin and when he made it, it was an experiment not meant to be a money maker, it wasn't even worth a penny a coin at the start!

For all you know.  Satoshi could be a group of opportunists that saw a bunch of gullible occupy types ready to buy into anything that played on their hatred of bankers

Easier to believe he was a make believe avatar if no traces of him anywhere on internet

[twiifm]

Because hes a made up character used to create a mythology to scam gullible people into buying worthless funbux for real money

LOL okay, I think you forgot that Satoshi never sold any Bitcoin and when he made it, it was an experiment not meant to be a money maker, it wasn't even worth a penny a coin at the start!

For all you know.  Satoshi could be a group of opportunists that saw a bunch of gullible occupy types ready to buy into anything that played on their hatred of bankers

Easier to believe he was a make believe avatar if no traces of him anywhere on internet

Okay but your theory falls apart at the Billion USD worth of coins at the ATH price that never moved.

Maybe the keys were lost because at this time they never thought anyone would actually pay real money

[R2D221]

I've never seen a scam backed by mathematics and cryptography, to be honest.

[Mobius]

A combination of a VPN and TOR? I think he left at the right time. If he stayed active for longer, it would have been risky (to his identity).

[Amph]

remember that "satoshi" is probably a group of people, so it's even harder to know who they are, and more easy to stay anon

[Searing]

remember that "satoshi" is probably a group of people, so it's even harder to know who they are, and more easy to stay anon

If I was part of a group....it would be hard for me to stay anon with that much coin THEY HAVE NOT MOVED .. this lends me to
think that it is NOT a group of people....(think about all the supposed folk you know...could any group from 3-12 folk you know
keep a secret ..with this kind of $$$ and bragging rights involved?)

so me I think it is one guy.....and knowing humans the poor schmuck probably lost his keys to those addresses.....(hey if it was
me that is exactly how it would work ..make an earth shattering way to move money and keep value and tossed the passwords
out by accident....pretty much in line with my day to day life)

good things my goals are much lower...something like that I would have to be a monk and take a vow of poverty and vow of
silence  just to continue to cope....

er...what ...re-read the above....someone needs to check out some IP's from some monastery's imho .....that would explain much
on how he has not been found

[Velkro]

I've never seen a scam backed by mathematics and cryptography, to be honest.

True, this is real thing
But anyways, satoshi can be NSA, or any other group of people. However it doesn't change a thing, bitcoin is real

[hilariousetc]

Most people on this forum are anonymous to some degree or like to hide their personal deets. I don't think it would be that hard if from the start you wish to remain 100% anon with the right connections (tor/VPNs etc), but I suppose it is easy to slip up somewhere (like DPR) but obviously he hasn't so far.

[LiteCoinGuy]

Because hes a made up character used to create a mythology to scam gullible people into buying worthless funbux for real money

LOL okay, I think you forgot that Satoshi never sold any Bitcoin and when he made it, it was an experiment not meant to be a money maker, it wasn't even worth a penny a coin at the start!

For all you know.  Satoshi could be a group of opportunists that saw a bunch of gullible occupy types ready to buy into anything that played on their hatred of bankers

Easier to believe he was a make believe avatar if no traces of him anywhere on internet

Okay but your theory falls apart at the Billion USD worth of coins at the ATH price that never moved.

Maybe the keys were lost because at this time they never thought anyone would actually pay real money

I feel like that's quite a stretch, you're telling me you believe satoshi was a group making a crypto for a scam and when the scam actually worked and they were worth a billion dollars they had lost the keys because they never thought it would work?

That was his big masterplan  

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but i think he is still here these days... 

[calme]

Hi Satoshi. How you doin'?

[cambda]

Because he left before Bitcoin got real attention. Obviously not posting personal info is important if you want stay in privacy.

[tokeweed]

Satoshi could be OP trolling us. 

[--Encrypted--]

Because he left before Bitcoin got real attention. Obviously not posting personal info is important if you want stay in privacy.

exactly. I don't know why people failed to understand this. I am sure that he left as soon as he saw that bitcoin's popularity was raising rapidly.
Satoshi is smart, I'm sure he knows that a decentralized currency can be used for both good and bad things too.

[Amph]

remember that "satoshi" is probably a group of people, so it's even harder to know who they are, and more easy to stay anon

If I was part of a group....it would be hard for me to stay anon with that much coin THEY HAVE NOT MOVED .. this lends me to
think that it is NOT a group of people....(think about all the supposed folk you know...could any group from 3-12 folk you know
keep a secret ..with this kind of $$$ and bragging rights involved?)

so me I think it is one guy.....and knowing humans the poor schmuck probably lost his keys to those addresses.....(hey if it was
me that is exactly how it would work ..make an earth shattering way to move money and keep value and tossed the passwords
out by accident....pretty much in line with my day to day life)

good things my goals are much lower...something like that I would have to be a monk and take a vow of poverty and vow of
silence  just to continue to cope....

er...what ...re-read the above....someone needs to check out some IP's from some monastery's imho .....that would explain much
on how he has not been found

i didn't say "part of a group" but a group, satoshi is just a code name, of a group of coders, this mean that it is more hard to track them, it's more easy to find 1 person than 3-4 or more

[ed_teech]

Staying anonymous was a very smart move Satoshi made. Hard decision probably.

[zetaray]

It is not difficult to remain anonymous on this forum if Theymos keeps our IP addresses secret. It is easy if Satoshi wanted to keep himself anonymous right from the beginning.

[amiryaqot]

remember that "satoshi" is probably a group of people, so it's even harder to know who they are, and more easy to stay anon

If I was part of a group....it would be hard for me to stay anon with that much coin THEY HAVE NOT MOVED .. this lends me to
think that it is NOT a group of people....(think about all the supposed folk you know...could any group from 3-12 folk you know
keep a secret ..with this kind of $$$ and bragging rights involved?)

so me I think it is one guy.....and knowing humans the poor schmuck probably lost his keys to those addresses.....(hey if it was
me that is exactly how it would work ..make an earth shattering way to move money and keep value and tossed the passwords
out by accident....pretty much in line with my day to day life)

good things my goals are much lower...something like that I would have to be a monk and take a vow of poverty and vow of
silence  just to continue to cope....

er...what ...re-read the above....someone needs to check out some IP's from some monastery's imho .....that would explain much
on how he has not been found

i didn't say "part of a group" but a group, satoshi is just a code name, of a group of coders, this mean that it is more hard to track them, it's more easy to find 1 person than 3-4 or more

i think so Satoshi is just code name of project and nobody in real is Satoshi, so there is so many chances to have a group of coders behind this Satoshi project and this always stay anonymous.