How the NSA identified Satoshi Nakamoto

[supercops]

https://medium.com/@amuse/how-the-nsa-caught-satoshi-nakamoto-868affcef595

So they finally say they have caught the elusive Satoshi Nakamoto.

Excerpt from source material of Time magazine:
"The ‘creator’ of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, is the world’s most elusive billionaire. Very few people outside of the Department of Homeland.."

Do you think they really caught him after the whole Craig Wright debacle last year and the old guy from Japan known as the face of the surprised as hell Nakamoto.

Weight in your thoughts.

We would all like to know your opinion on the subject.

[OmegaStarScream]

There are a lot of theories regarding the U.S government catching Satoshi Nakamoto since the days he was communicating with Gavin but honestly, even though the writer of this blog article is 'famous', I can't take a word seriously unless he post some proof which he didn't. He also didn't state when this actually happened but If it was recent, who knows, wikileaks may publish something in the future.

[supercops]

They said with in a month they will release who it truly is.
And now with the thing with alot of movement with coins which have not moved since they were deposited over 7 years ago. It is no doubt they have got their man/woman and will reveal who they really are soon if not later than this date they have given to do so.

[bitart]

I bet that if they really succeed to identify the real Satoshi, it will be a real secret. Maybe Satoshi himself will not notice that he has been identified, and they won't put it into the news...
Anyway, it's another article to talk about bitcoin and crytocurrencies, it's free marketing for bitcoin

[Pab]

NSA = Satoshi Nakamoto SA now you know,he is hidden nsa worker,but thay are not able to find him

[Dudeperfect]

This topic is already on board and we have some interesting opinions about this one.

* How the NSA caught Satoshi Nakamoto.

I am not sure this is an authentic way of finding someone or not but I found this interesting.

"By taking Satoshi’s texts and finding the 50 most common words, the NSA was able to break down his text into 5,000-word chunks and analyse each to find the frequency of those 50 words."

* How the NSA caught Satoshi Nakamoto.

I am very sceptical about this kind of research/investigation. What's your take on this? Do you think we can find out real Satoshi with such method?

I heard about such method for the first time and we can call it some kind of next version of handwriting experts who identify the writing style and pattern of the writer.

[aoluain]

https://medium.com/@amuse/how-the-nsa-caught-satoshi-nakamoto-868affcef595

So they finally say they have caught the elusive Satoshi Nakamoto.

Excerpt from source material of Time magazine:
"The ‘creator’ of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, is the world’s most elusive billionaire. Very few people outside of the Department of Homeland.."

Do you think they really caught him after the whole Craig Wright debacle last year and the old guy from Japan known as the face of the surprised as hell Nakamoto.

Weight in your thoughts.

We would all like to know your opinion on the subject.

They said with in a month they will release who it truly is.

pfffft, i'll believe it when I read it on every newspaper front page
hear it on every radio news bulletin and see images of him.

Im not sure that that "stylometry" thing would actually lead them
to an actual person's whereabouts anyway.

and why 1 month ?

[electronicash]

I bet that if they really succeed to identify the real Satoshi, it will be a real secret. Maybe Satoshi himself will not notice that he has been identified, and they won't put it into the news...
Anyway, it's another article to talk about bitcoin and crytocurrencies, it's free marketing for bitcoin

that would be too good. people are greedy, if they are looking for him then they must want something from him. not just 3O minute exclusive interview but the million BTC that satoshi was keeping for several years which is worth the death of trump.

if they knew satoshi, they will present him on the media like a criminal and will even crucify him for releasing a kraken to bury the old economy.

[Ucy]

Disrespectful words "caught" should not have been used on a well respected person as Satoshi. Says a lot about the intention of those "looking for him".  So annoying to be frank.

[HabBear]

There's a difference between discovering Satoshi's identity and "catching" Satoshi.

Which is it? Are you claiming the US has Satoshi in custody? I highly doubt that.

As for knowing his identity, it has to be possible to find out. The NSA would have to start with metadata attached to the white paper and perhaps email or forum records. He left a trail on this forum, IP addresses and such (even if using TOR).

[Lionidas]

There's a difference between discovering Satoshi's identity and "catching" Satoshi.

Which is it? Are you claiming the US has Satoshi in custody? I highly doubt that.

As for knowing his identity, it has to be possible to find out. The NSA would have to start with metadata attached to the white paper and perhaps email or forum records. He left a trail on this forum, IP addresses and such (even if using TOR).

Okay. Caught maybe the wrong word to use and should of been not referring satoshi as a pokemon to be caught.
Alright they have Discovered the identity of Mr.Nakamoto.

They mention about "fingerprint" so this might be the way they discovered him to be the founder of bitcoin.
A fingerprint can be left either intentional or by accident in the code he created or the whitepaper he wrote.

It is also mentioned it will be revealed to the world in a months time.

[Iranus]

When you have a famed billionaire who is respected by many thousands of people, most of which want to find out who they are, there's obviously going to be a lot of people exploiting the hype by creating lies and clickbait.

Clearly this article is bullshit.  The author has absolutely no evidence for the claims he's making.

Satoshi was hardly an idiot.  It's not like they would spend years working on a massive innovation and put lots of effort into staying pseudonymous but fail to understand what stylometry is.

[greeklogos]

They said with in a month they will release who it truly is.

So the results of who is Satoshi Nakomoto is going to be in a month only or I should to believe that it is some miliarder already? I am a little bit confused

[Koadharber]

There's a difference between discovering Satoshi's identity and "catching" Satoshi.

Which is it? Are you claiming the US has Satoshi in custody? I highly doubt that.

As for knowing his identity, it has to be possible to find out. The NSA would have to start with metadata attached to the white paper and perhaps email or forum records. He left a trail on this forum, IP addresses and such (even if using TOR).

Okay. Caught maybe the wrong word to use and should of been not referring satoshi as a pokemon to be caught.
Alright they have Discovered the identity of Mr.Nakamoto.

They mention about "fingerprint" so this might be the way they discovered him to be the founder of bitcoin.
A fingerprint can be left either intentional or by accident in the code he created or the whitepaper he wrote.

It is also mentioned it will be revealed to the world in a months time.

That fingerprint means that it is basing on the actual writing which they can able to trace it out even on how you do write which it is really like a fingerprint. The thing that worries me that government could really able to find a certain person if they want to by just accessing all the possible places even on social medias,emails or any other things which is essential to their investigation.

[tamalweb]

Yes, "caught" is a bad word. He/she is not a criminal for inventing a technology. They found him with typing recognition sounds phony to me. Even if he was found so what? I think it will be a huge event in the crypto world.

[xFiber]

I love how they put "Man of the year" on the cover right above satoshi nakamoto's head. I find it very funny they used that phrase because I believe the blockchain technology he invented is far more important than just the title of "man of the year". "Man/woman of the decade/century" would be more fitting in my opinion.

[BitcoinSupremo]

There's a difference between discovering Satoshi's identity and "catching" Satoshi.

Which is it? Are you claiming the US has Satoshi in custody? I highly doubt that.

As for knowing his identity, it has to be possible to find out. The NSA would have to start with metadata attached to the white paper and perhaps email or forum records. He left a trail on this forum, IP addresses and such (even if using TOR).

I really doubt a man of such intelligence to have left a trail in this forum or the emails he has been exchanging back at 2009-2010. With Tails OS and TOR browser you really don't leave any proof except an IP which can be for example a University in South Africa or a place alike. This doesn't say a lot about how to find him and it is nothing as a start for people who want to search for him. I think we should leave him alone if this is what he wanted by clearly expressing that "he moved on to other things in life" and he is sure Bitcoin will have a bright future with the people he left it at.

[Karartma1]

Finding Satoshi's real identity is like having an all time high from time to time.  They will always try to find Satoshi.
I personally hope he was able to hide himself for good.

[frenkki]

is this for real or just fake news?

[HabBear]

is this for real or just fake news?

Disrespectful words "caught" should not have been used on a well respected person as Satoshi. Says a lot about the intention of those "looking for him".  So annoying to be frank.

To be clear, the only person that used the word "caught" is the original poster here...it's not mentioned anywhere in the article or as a quote from the NSA. So, frank, your annoyance is with the guy that started this thread.

As for the Medium article...it's fluff. There's no substance, no confirmation, no definitive answers. It's click bait. The only interest component is the idea that ones identity could be revealed based on comparing thousands of text samples. The author of the Medium article states"his contact at the NSA" has claimed this is how the NSA knows who Satoshi is...but of course no one is saying anything on the record.

It's fluff. Even if the NSA knows, if they won't tells they know or they won't tell us who Satoshi is, this is just pointless prose.