Gavin reveals Satoshi's been secretly working on BTC 2.0 [April's Fools Prank]

[Amph]

at first i was starting believing in it, it sound reasonable even so the name of this new bitcoin it's kinda stupid and sounds like one of many altcoin scam out there

then i remembered that today is april 1...everything was explained after this

[dothebeats]

at first i was starting believing in it, it sound reasonable even so the name of this new bitcoin it's kinda stupid and sounds like a one of many altcoin scam out there

then i remembered that today is april 1...everything was explained after this

Everything is self-explanatory after all  It's just that we tend to forget what day it is right now.

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April 1st. APRIL FOOLS!

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at first i was starting believing in it, it sound reasonable even so the name of this new bitcoin it's kinda stupid and sounds like a one of many altcoin scam out there

then i remembered that today is april 1...everything was explained after this

Everything is self-explanatory after all   It's just that we tend to forget what day it is right now.

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April 1st. APRIL FOOLS!

I actually remembers it, I just thought the people in bitcointalk is just way to serious to make a joke for April Fools.

and they proved me wrong  

[Hazir]

Actually it was really well done april fools joke. I was so happy to hear that Satoshi is alive and kicking. Some points of that interview were interesting as well. That new algorithm which could change how bitcoin is currently mined looked really inviting, it would be possible to actually mine bitcoins once more if something like that would be implemented... Sadly it was just a joke.

[Beliathon]

I have a hard time believing...

Today is the first of April, commonly known as "April Fool's day"

[Q7]

Wow. I wish if only this turns out to be true. It sounds too good to be real and I mean to have Satoshi still around developing bitcoin means everything to the community. But anyway, nice April Fool's prank. It almost caught me as well.

[dothebeats]

Wow. I wish if only this turns out to be true. It sounds too good to be real and I mean to have Satoshi still around developing bitcoin means everything to the community. But anyway, nice April Fool's prank. It almost caught me as well.

What if I tell you, Satoshi still hangs around the forum with a different style of communicating and with a different forum account name as well? Wouldn't it be nice to have him/her all along discussing with us and reaching out with the community and at the same time remains anonymous to us all throughout this time? The perfect plan for staying anonymous: blend with each and everyone of us.

[mjjbogert]

If you made up the entire interview, this was a very good joke

[franky1]

April Fools Joke?   

yep

[OnkelPaul]

Well I was specifically looking for an April Fools Joke when I browsed through the forum, and this topic title had "April Fools" all written over it, in 50pt bold red letters.
Some forum members are just too gullible... Folks, please grow some healthy scepticism, especially when it comes to news that you eagerly hope for!

Onkel Paul

[Jeremycoin]

What is BTCitcoin 2.0
This is the first time I heard about it
Is that real? or just a part of the joke?

[R2D221]

What is BTCitcoin 2.0
This is the first time I heard about it

It's a joke, made for the April Fools day.

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What is BTCitcoin 2.0
This is the first time I heard about it

It's a joke, made for the April Fools day.

what the Bitcoin 2.0 project is a joke? 

[Jeremycoin]

What is BTCitcoin 2.0
This is the first time I heard about it

It's a joke, made for the April Fools day.

what the Bitcoin 2.0 project is a joke? 

I started to believed it when the first time I read this thread
but now, uh... 


This is the best April Fools Joke ever

[Hazir]

What is BTCitcoin 2.0
This is the first time I heard about it

It's a joke, made for the April Fools day.

For now it is just a joke. But I am sure that this project will be reality sooner or later. I am convinced that we won't mine all bitcoins and before 2140 we would have another global cryptocurrency system - it probably would not be Bitcoin as we know it but bitcoin 2.0 or maybe in worst case scenario FED&IBM coin.

[R2D221]

Wait, is that post supposed to be an advertisement too? Is that even allowed by the rules?

[R2D221]

What is BTCitcoin 2.0
This is the first time I heard about it

It's a joke, made for the April Fools day.

For now it is just a joke. But I am sure that this project will be reality sooner or later. I am convinced that we won't mine all bitcoins and before 2140 we would have another global cryptocurrency system - it probably would not be Bitcoin as we know it but bitcoin 2.0 or maybe in worst case scenario FED&IBM coin.

Bitcoin 2.0 IS BITCOIN. If you want “not-Bitcoin” to succeed, then you shouldn't call it Bitcoin in the first place.

[Hazir]

What is BTCitcoin 2.0
This is the first time I heard about it

It's a joke, made for the April Fools day.

For now it is just a joke. But I am sure that this project will be reality sooner or later. I am convinced that we won't mine all bitcoins and before 2140 we would have another global cryptocurrency system - it probably would not be Bitcoin as we know it but bitcoin 2.0 or maybe in worst case scenario FED&IBM coin.

Bitcoin 2.0 IS BITCOIN. If you want “not-Bitcoin” to succeed, then you shouldn't call it Bitcoin in the first place.

Frankly at this point I want only one successful cryptocurrency. We have too many distractions in the form of various alt coins already, alts are mostly just useless pile of code. That is not good for economy and stability of bitcoin. Without LTC or Doge bitcoin could be stronger by now. But judging from how fast IT are speeding nowadays we definitely will be seeing some bitcoin changes in the future.

[AtheistAKASaneBrain]

Sorry if this is a re-post.

The guys at CryptoNews just posted an exclusive interview with Gavin. Here are the parts of the interview that I found interesting. You'll see why:

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Tim: First, I would like to thank you Gavin for accepting this interview on such short notice...

Tim: I know this has been asked many times, but... Are you Satoshi Nakamoto?

Gavin: Am I Satoshi?... No...

Gavin: If I were Satoshi, I wouldn't be here talking to you, I'd be in Bahamas sipping Piña Coladas...

Tim: I had to ask...

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Tim: When was the last time you were in contact with Satoshi?

Gavin: As a matter of fact, we were chatting this morning.

Tim: Is he back working at the Foundation?

Gavin: Well, not in the flesh but, he has been actively working on (Bitcoin) 2.0 since January and wanted an account in our private Git server to begin checking-in his code changes.

Tim: This is breaking news for us. Could you please elaborate more about Satoshi's new ideas for Bitcoin 2.0?

Gavin: I won't elaborate on his entire project but, basically he wants to move Bitcoin to a different Hashcash Proof-of-Work algorithm in order to slow down the current trend where the mining power is rapidly getting concentrated in a handful of players. When Satoshi launched Bitcoin back in 2009, he didn't envision SHA-256 getting so effectively implemented in Hardware and that the network could end up being controlled by small groups of people with warehouses full of mining rigs. He believes it is dangerous for the future of Bitcoin, that it could end up destroying his legacy so, he wants to make the changes now in order to go back to the old days where individual miners were the backbone of the Bitcoin network.

Tim: And which algorithm does he want to use in 2.0?

Gavin: After he tested several candidates, he settled with a new one called KSHAKE that is used by a new altcoin called KryptoHash.

Tim: I never heard of KryptoHash. Is this one of the hundreds of coins you can find in the forum at Bitcointalk? Does Satoshi read that forum at all?

Gavin: He surely does. He's always sending me links of new altcoins that have new interesting features. He has even mined few altcoins and posted opinions on forums using his other accounts.

Tim: How about you? Do you read the altcoin forum? Do you post in there?

Gavin: I used to frequent, not much anymore. Unlike him (Satoshi), I don't have the patience to sort through the noise. There are few altcoins with true innovations out there but, with so many new altcoins getting released every week, it is now impossible to find the good ones.  

Oh Man!, I was so proud when I read Satoshi will be adding some of my work into BTC 2.0  

Here is the link of the full interview http://tinyurl.com/ona9pk7

And the follow up discussion: http://tinyurl.com/o2nqbze

Nice try OP, but you could have bothered to use something else than tinyurl, it makes it too obvious and I didn't fall for it as soon as I saw the URL lol.

[MF Doom]

even if this story is bogus, I still find it EXTREMELY STRANGE that Gavin claims to only have spoken to satoshi through the foum and emails, and that "Satoshi" kept his identity secret from everyone, every single step of the way.  It seems too CIA-covert ops-like to be just one guy, who happens to have coded a new digital currency, and then disappears when millions start to use it, leaving behind millions of dollars worth or btc.  Possibly he was a former govt agent, but it seems more likely that "he" was not just one person, but a group of people, many of whom are probably still "running" things