POLL Is Craig Wright Satoshi Nakamoto?

[Amph]

sign the address associated to the second block and then we can talk, but i guess we will never see this, therefore it's pointless

another wanne be satoshi we have here

[Straux]

Nope. This Wright guy is vain. Look at Satoshi's posts on this forum and there is no sign of that vanity.

But Satoshi was all business whenever he talked to us on the forums. He never joked about. How do we know how he just took on that persona when he was using his bitcointalk account?

[yefi]

At first I thought this was the usual nonsense, but those are some damn strange responses by his family, friends and associates.

edit: on looking over this more thoroughly, it appears to be the usual nonsense after all.

[MaritiJames3]

Satoshi is hiding and reading some of his posts, he would never ever search media attention or acknowledge he is Da Satoshi.
It's safe to say, he is not Craig Wright.

[borgfish]

lol, tax related home search, says it all or ?

[Mickeyb]

He will never sign an address, even if everything is pointing to him, why would he do so? If he does it than it's just to confirm 100% that he is Satoshi and I don't think he would want to prove this 100% at least not in this moment!

[Velkro]

Most likely no, IMO. There are too many warning signs of some kind of a scam attempt (or an attempt to defraud some entity)

this, he have problem with taxes, his solution to handle this situation is bitcoin... there you are, scam written all over it

[kwukduck]

Waiting for that PGP signature or movement of coins from the first blocks... let me guess, not going to happen.
This guy totally doesn't fit the profile of Satoshi.

[Amph]

Waiting for that PGP signature or movement of coins from the first blocks... let me guess, not going to happen.
This guy totally doesn't fit the profile of Satoshi.

the first block is unspendable, so at best the second

[mexicantarget]

Not sure why you had to complicate it this much.

Yes, no doubt   - 15 (10.4%)
Probably yes   - 42 (29.2%)
Probably nope   - 45 (31.3%)
No, no doubt   - 42 (29.2%)

Couldn't you just put "yes" and "no"?

Voted "No, no doubt".

[tokeweed]

Let's all vote for Yes no doubt for the lulz.

[mexicantarget]

Let's all vote for Yes no doubt for the lulz.

Too late, was thinking the same, but we better not create any FUD. Markets are doing great.

[saddampbuh]

they just raided his house for owing taxes, so probably not

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/09/bitcoin-founder-craig-wrights-home-raided-by-australian-police

[monsanto]

Most likely no, IMO. There are too many warning signs of some kind of a scam attempt (or an attempt to defraud some entity)

this, he have problem with taxes, his solution to handle this situation is bitcoin... there you are, scam written all over it

Yeah he would seem to have a motive but how exactly would pretending to be Satoshi help with his tax problems? Only thing I can think of is he says don't take my stuff for back taxes, because I have this hoard of bitcoins that I can't access until 2020.

From what I've seen if it isn't him it's one hell of a hoax, then again most of the information is from supposed leaked emails which obviously he could have leaked himself.  The thing is this Gwern person who broke the story seems to be fairly respected, so for that reason I think there's still a chance.  Too bad for them if it turns out to be a hoax.  Sounds like Wired and Gizmodo we're racing to be first and may have cut some corners.

[bitlancr]

I doubt it, I don't believe satoshi is just one person. I believe it's a group of people who came up with bitcoin.
But these are just theories, it's one of these things that I can never say or know for sure.

[YarkoL]

 The thing is this Gwern person who broke the story seems to be fairly respected, so for that reason I think there's still a chance.

Hopped back..
to edit out some shit about Gwern,
I like his taste in anime -

like this guy too!

[Mickeyb]

I doubt it, I don't believe satoshi is just one person. I believe it's a group of people who came up with bitcoin.
But these are just theories, it's one of these things that I can never say or know for sure.

Now when you mentioned it, I have to admit that I never thought in this way. This could also be quite possible since the level of innovation in Bitcoin might be quite overwhelming for just one person, we all must admit that.

For the group, it would be much easier to innovate and to think off all these things that were thought off in Bitcoin!

[tokeweed]

Let's all vote for Yes no doubt for the lulz.

Too late, was thinking the same, but we better not create any FUD. Markets are doing great.

You believe this community has an effect on the price?  4 years ago, maybe...

Btw, it's China driving BTC in this wave.

[topiOleg]

Waiting for that PGP signature or movement of coins from the first blocks... let me guess, not going to happen.
This guy totally doesn't fit the profile of Satoshi.

the first block is unspendable, so at best the second

Unspedable, but first block generated coins going to 1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa
which Satoshi could sign message with if he has private key of this address

Bitcoin Block #0
https://blockchain.info/block/000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f?show_adv=true

[Nordicbeast]

No way, does not sound very legit to me.