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[Elwar]

Something to think about though.

The last time Satoshi was wrongly revealed, Satoshi posted "I am not Dorian Satoshi".

No such post here.

[road to morocco]

Quite an overreaction for some irrelevant news...

Irrelevant? If Dr. Wright is really Satoshi, my life is a lie!

[JorgeStolfi]

I posted this detailed analysis describing a likely motivation for Craig needing to "prove" he is Satoshi.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3w9xec/just_think_we_deserve_an_explanation_of_how_craig/cxuo6ac

The short version is that he made fictional investments in a company by claiming to have transferred his personal "interest" in $29m of bitcoin to the target company.  (I.e. no blockchain transfer, just a legal document claiming to transfer that amount of bitcoin.)

He then claimed substantial cash R&D credits from those transactions.  

Australian taxation office (ATO) began investigating.  He has paperwork showing the transactions, but knows that ATO might dig around and want to see verification that he truly owned $32m of bitcoin.  To cover that, he claims he put all his bitcoin in a trust, where the trustee was another early bitcoiner.  Unfortunately, that friend has now passed away, and the private keys are lost.

In order for the BS to be even vaguely plausible, he needs to show that he originally had access to $32m of bitcoin.  This is why he pretends to be Satoshi.

Thanks!  It is the best explanation I have seen of Craig's claim to be Satoshi.  And for the determination (desperation?) that he has shown in sustaining it.

[gentlemand]

I like the idea of the clapped out dead cripple being Satoshi. That's rather evocative. This guy isn't giving me a boner though.

[podyx]

Something to think about though.

The last time Satoshi was wrongly revealed, Satoshi posted "I am not Dorian Satoshi".

No such post here.

[Fatman3001]

Something to think about though.

The last time Satoshi was wrongly revealed, Satoshi posted "I am not Dorian Satoshi".

No such post here.

http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2015-December/011936.html

It's old, maybe he changed his mind.

[BitUsher]

Something to think about though.

The last time Satoshi was wrongly revealed, Satoshi posted "I am not Dorian Satoshi".

No such post here.

His email was hacked thereafter though.

[JorgeStolfi]

I like the idea of the clapped out dead cripple being Satoshi.

AFAIK, that Kleinman guy was originally a policeman in Florida who had to leave the job on disability, and then tried to make a living as a computer security consultant.  For all I know, his knowledge of computing was nowhere near what would be needed to invent and implement bitcoin.

He seems to be a convenient excuse that Craig found for obvious questions, such as: why doesn't Craig move Satoshi's coins.

[JorgeStolfi]

Something to think about though.

The last time Satoshi was wrongly revealed, Satoshi posted "I am not Dorian Satoshi".

No such post here.

His email was hacked thereafter though.

Or even before.  How do we know that the "I am not" message came from the real Satoshi?

[bitconerian]

Wow, I was so sure that Dr. Wright was lying about being Satoshi, and he goes and proves it to BBC.
How will this affect the the price, do you think? Is now a good time to go all in?

[gentlemand]

There's nothing ireffutable yet. And who in the BBC is going to have much of a clue as to what it takes to prove it?

[bitconerian]

There's nothing ireffutable yet. And who in the BBC is going to have much of a clue as to what it takes to prove it?

Didn't Dr. Gavin Andresen, Chief Scientist at the Bitcoin Foundation, also publish a blog backing his claim?
I'm no doctor of science myself, but I figure if anyone could spot a fake, Chief Scientist would?

[JorgeStolfi]

Gavin has not posted anything to reddit in the past 10 days.  Are there any recent posts by him anywhere else?  Any OTHER posts where he confirms Craig's claim?

Gavin has now posted a bit more information on reddit

Apparently he verified the signature on a laptop provided by Craig, using software downloaded by Craig.  And was not allowed to keep the laptop or the signed message.

Who can see what is wrong with that?

[AlexGR]

Gavin has not posted anything to reddit in the past 10 days.  Are there any recent posts by him anywhere else?  Any OTHER posts where he confirms Craig's claim?

Gavin has now posted a bit more information on reddit

Apparently he verified the signature on a laptop provided by Craig, using software downloaded by Craig.  And was not allowed to keep the laptop or the signed message.

Who can see what is wrong with that?

LOL...

Also from gavin:

I don't have an explanation for the funky OpenSSL procedure in his blog post.

[bitconerian]

Gavin has not posted anything to reddit in the past 10 days.  Are there any recent posts by him anywhere else?  Any OTHER posts where he confirms Craig's claim?

Gavin has now posted a bit more information on reddit

Apparently he verified the signature on a laptop provided by Craig, using software downloaded by Craig.  And was not allowed to keep the laptop or the signed message.

Who can see what is wrong with that?

They don't make Chief Scientists like they used to?

[wachtwoord]

I love how Gavin just proved he's a double agent. Now the block size increase will be off as everyone can surely now see Gavin represents the enemies of Bitcoin trying to break it by increasing the block chain.

Nice work Gavin. No-one expect retarded journalists and the fucking plebs will believe you. Do we need to show you the door or can you let yourself out?   

[BitUsher]

Gavin has not posted anything to reddit in the past 10 days.  Are there any recent posts by him anywhere else?  Any OTHER posts where he confirms Craig's claim?

Gavin has now posted a bit more information on reddit

Apparently he verified the signature on a laptop provided by Craig, using software downloaded by Craig.  And was not allowed to keep the laptop or the signed message.

Who can see what is wrong with that?

At minimum too incompetent to have commit access in the future with that explanation.

[road to morocco]

Back on topic: anyone think 440 will hold?

[Elwar]

Something to think about though.

The last time Satoshi was wrongly revealed, Satoshi posted "I am not Dorian Satoshi".

No such post here.

http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2015-December/011936.html

It's old, maybe he changed his mind.

That's right...forgot about that one.

[Elwar]

Back on topic: anyone think 440 will hold?

Probably.

In other news, Russia will make Bitcoin illegal (again) and Japan declared Bitcoin a payment medium.

http://cointelegraph.com/news/japan-officially-recognizes-bitcoin-and-digital-currencies-as-money