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[raid_n]

Ummmm.  Satoshi has been found.  



http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html

Wow, that's big news if it's true!

If what the article says is true I have the greatest respect for him.


He won't be happy at being found though.  

Being this true or not, this poor oldman is going to have some issues right now, i.e. ppl trying to break into his house to steal private keys or whatever... Moreover, if he is truly the creator of Bitcoin, this is probably very bad news, since he will be forced to "cash out" some of his millions of Bitcoin just not to get kidnapped or killed. In other words, market crash incoming if the article is true.

This may sound stupid but if I were satoshi and had the private keys I'd evenly split the coins onto every address there is now.
[edit] actually split it based on the current distribution of coins. The point is to provably get rid of them

[TERA]

Poor guy, he's going to have to move, get bodyguards, and maybe change his name. What a vicious journalist.

[HairyMaclairy]

Yes it is sad.  He just wants to be left alone. 

[JayJuanGee]

First, english is not my first language so apologize for not writing essays to rhetorically back up my POV,
Second, i'm not being not constructive; maybe you don't like my sense of humor or my cynicism (which is aimed mostly on Mark and bitcoin heists)
And third, i'm no fan of picky chitchat and referenceless tirades.

So yea, i'd have definitely enjoy drawing pistols at dawn with you, but lets not make it that dramatic, since deep down, we all are here for the same reasons.

Anyho, im not saying you always talk BS (although im certainly not going to agree about this billion $ you are fanatically conjuring). Just that i also dont like being insulted. And at least I backed up my answer to you with a reference, which you clearly did not when calling me a liar or stupid..

So lets burry the War Axe and move on to more interesting subjects.

And since you seem to like latin quotes here you go:

Oculi plus vident quam oculus

I am NOT in the practice of putting posters on ignore; however, I do place them in a mental category regarding whether they tend to add value. 

Here, it appears that the ONLY value that HDBuck seems to add is the entertainment value of distraction from the topic of the thread.

[FierceRadish]

Poor guy, he's going to have to move, get bodyguards, and maybe change his name. What a vicious journalist.

Yeah, posting a pic of his house and the man himself (and without actual concrete PROOF of this guy's involvement) is pretty fucking tacky. And incredibly irresponsible.

[Ultros]

This article is criminal. Whoever this man is, he's in danger now.

[ardana123]

Nakamoto's family describe him as extremely intelligent, moody and obsessively private, a man of few words who screens his phone calls, anonymizes his emails and, for most of his life, has been preoccupied with the two things for which Bitcoin has now become known: money and secrecy.

Then why the FUCK?!?! did he use his real name to correspond with Gavin? Doesn't make sense.

[tarmi]

Ummmm.  Satoshi has been found.  



http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html

Wow, that's big news if it's true!

If what the article says is true I have the greatest respect for him.


He won't be happy at being found though.  

Being this true or not, this poor oldman is going to have some issues right now, i.e. ppl trying to break into his house to steal private keys or whatever... Moreover, if he is truly the creator of Bitcoin, this is probably very bad news, since he will be forced to "cash out" some of his millions of Bitcoin just not to get kidnapped or killed. In other words, market crash incoming if the article is true.

This may sound stupid but if I were satoshi and had the private keys I'd evenly split the coins onto every address there is now.
[edit] actually split it based on the current distribution of coins. The point is to provably get rid of them

what if somebody else already got the private keys?

I dont buy it. if he can sign a message, then ok. otherwise - FUD.

[AlexGR]

Nakamoto's family describe him as extremely intelligent, moody and obsessively private, a man of few words who screens his phone calls, anonymizes his emails and, for most of his life, has been preoccupied with the two things for which Bitcoin has now become known: money and secrecy.

Then why the FUCK?!?! did he use his real name to correspond with Gavin? Doesn't make sense.

Perhaps the damage was already done with the 2008 paper (?).

[HairyMaclairy]

Article says he hasn't used his real name for 40 years or something.

[dreamspark]

Gavin twitter update

https://twitter.com/gavinandresen/status/441547758827474946

[raid_n]

Ummmm.  Satoshi has been found.  



http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html

Wow, that's big news if it's true!

If what the article says is true I have the greatest respect for him.


He won't be happy at being found though.  

Being this true or not, this poor oldman is going to have some issues right now, i.e. ppl trying to break into his house to steal private keys or whatever... Moreover, if he is truly the creator of Bitcoin, this is probably very bad news, since he will be forced to "cash out" some of his millions of Bitcoin just not to get kidnapped or killed. In other words, market crash incoming if the article is true.

This may sound stupid but if I were satoshi and had the private keys I'd evenly split the coins onto every address there is now.
[edit] actually split it based on the current distribution of coins. The point is to provably get rid of them

what if somebody else already got the private keys?

I dont buy it. if he can sign a message, then ok. otherwise - FUD.

Look I hope it is true not because I want Satoshi to be known but because that person's life has just been screwed.
If Satoshi has indeed destroyed the keys and that person is Satoshi there is no way to prove that he has in fact destroyed them.
The only way out of it is if he actually has the keys. No matter what is going to be done people will probably not believe he destroyed those keys.
Maybe through a trustworthy escrow he could send them to an address for which the key was destroyed. Even then you'd have doubters.

If this man is indeed Satoshi he can only flee from potential robbers by provably removing his wealth.

[N12]

"He is very wary of government interference in general," she says. "When I was little, there was a game we used to play. He would say, 'Pretend the government agencies are coming after you.' And I would hide in the closet."

[dreamspark]

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If this man is indeed Satoshi he can only flee from potential robbers by provably removing his wealth.

Right, because the only way to protect yourself when you have a billion dollars is to sell them? Not move somewhere people really wont find you with armed guards etc

[rpietila]

I am surprised what kind of sissies you are.. Seemingly never had a million dollars yourselves...

Satoshi is welcome to my castle if he needs protection.

[tarmi]

I am surprised what kind of sissies you are.. Seemingly never had a million dollars yourselves...

Satoshi is welcome to my castle if he needs protection.

gtfo

[N12]

If Satoshi wants to do the utmost to protect his family, he will provably destroy his BTC.

[FierceRadish]

I am surprised what kind of sissies you are.. Seemingly never had a million dollars yourselves...

Satoshi is welcome to my castle if he needs protection.

That's the point. He clearly doesn't want to be some guy in a photoshopped castle. He wants to be left alone in an average family home with, I assume, average family home levels of security and protection.

[dreamspark]

Why would he have to destroy his btc to protect his family?

In general terms he's not that rich...

[N12]

Why would he have to destroy his btc to protect his family?

In general terms he's not that rich...

Because he probably holds the keys himself (do you think he would trust a bank's safe deposit box or anyone but himself?), and thus could easily be targeted. Torture, kidnapping, blackmail. It's like he's storing hundreds of millions of dollars in cash in his home, and everybody knows about it.