Is Ashish Gulhati, et al., Satoshi Nakamoto?

[Viceroy]

No sir, you need this wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassins

edit:
Don't mess with Satoshi

* Viceroy slinks away

[adam3us]

Proof that Ashish worked on Hashcash: http://web.archive.org/web/20070111153902/http://www.netropolis.org/hash/blog.cgi/About/CV.html?seemore=y

Code
Meng Weng Wong's TextAmp
Adam Back's HashCash

Its strange because as far as I can tell Ashish did not contribute to the hashcash library (and there were a few dozen people did).  Actually I had no idea who Ashish was other than the owner of hashcash.org (.com, .net) until reading this thread to realize he sounds like a pretty interesting open source crypto hacker and even involved with ecash related things at DMT which I was barely aware of though I had read some of the late J Orlin Grabbe's libertarian articles in the distant past.  I didnt realize he was an economist (see his wikipedia).

edit: Actually its not ambiguous the heading of the section on the above link is "As Seen On..." and includes sections for TV, news, magazines, and... code that mentions his name.  And hashcash certainly did that in the context of his giving the domain name, gratis.

Ashish did give me the domain - I think I offered $100 to have a better .org domain for the opensource project.  His counter-offer to give it to me free was a pleasant surprise.  He got me to make a PGP signed statement saying I wouldnt try to obtain hashcash.com nor hashcash.net.  I notice now hashcash.net is for sale by one of those resellers so maybe he accidentally didnt renew it.

The speculations about Ashish personality to be eschewing financial reward are interesting (re $100m of unclaimed BTC on the block chain).  I dont know Ashish so I cant help there.  But it is interesting that there are some cultures and religions that do intentionally forgo financial reward, and shy away from shows of wealth etc.  I noticed some indian sub-cultures have that, but they are certainly not alone.  Ashish apparently was/is involved in open source, and interesting projects like DMT where presumably most of the interest is the technology purist, or political freedom potential.

Adam

[Este Nuno]

Proof that Ashish worked on Hashcash: http://web.archive.org/web/20070111153902/http://www.netropolis.org/hash/blog.cgi/About/CV.html?seemore=y

Code
Meng Weng Wong's TextAmp
Adam Back's HashCash

Its strange because as far as I can tell Ashish did not contribute to the hashcash library (and there were a few dozen people did).  Actually I had no idea who Ashish was other than the owner of hashcash.org (.com, .net) until reading this thread to realize he sounds like a pretty interesting open source crypto hacker and even involved with ecash related things at DMT which I was barely aware of though I had read some of the late J Orlin Grabbe's libertarian articles in the distant past.  I didnt realize he was an economist (see his wikipedia).

edit: Actually its not ambiguous the heading of the section on the above link is "As Seen On..." and includes sections for TV, news, magazines, and... code that mentions his name.  And hashcash certainly did that in the context of his giving the domain name, gratis.

Ashish did give me the domain - I think I offered $100 to have a better .org domain for the opensource project.  His counter-offer to give it to me was a pleasant surprise.  He got me to make a PGP signed statement saying I wouldnt try to obtain hashcash.com nor hashcash.net.  I notice now hashcash.net is for sale by one of those resellers so maybe he accidentally didnt renew it.

The speculations about Ashish personality to be eschewing financial reward are interesting (re $100m of unclaimed BTC on the block chain).  I dont know Ashish so I cant help there.  But it is interesting that there are some cultures and religions that do intentionally forgo financial reward, and shy away from shows of wealth etc.  I noticed some indian sub-cultures have that, but they are certainly not alone.  Ashish apparently was/is involved in open source, and interesting projects like DMT where presumably most of the interest is the technology purist, or political freedom potential.

Adam

Awesome. Thanks for your contribution. To both this thread and for inventing hashcash(aka bitcoin mining for those not familiar).

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Since this thread has been up, Ashish posted then deleted a tweet on Twitter pertaining to his connection to Satoshi, and http://hashcash.com/ no longer redirects to http://neomailbox.com/ currently depicting a page with...

Coming soon...

If you're looking for Adam Back's Hashcash project, it's here...

[wtfvanity]

Since this thread has been up, Ashish posted then deleted a tweet on Twitter pertaining to his connection to Satoshi, and http://hashcash.com/ no longer redirects to http://neomailbox.com/ currently depicting a page with...

Coming soon...

If you're looking for Adam Back's Hashcash project, it's here...

dun dun dunnnnn

[adam3us]

Since this thread has been up, Ashish posted then deleted a tweet on Twitter pertaining to his connection to Satoshi

So what did the tweet say if you still have it.. enciphering minds need to know!  (and undetweetable.com says they've been asked to shutdown).

Adam

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Since this thread has been up, Ashish posted then deleted a tweet on Twitter pertaining to his connection to Satoshi

So what did the tweet say if you still have it.. enciphering minds need to know!  (and undetweetable.com says they've been asked to shutdown).

Adam

Here you go, Adam.

Fat lady sang



Well, doubt he would have admitted it anyways

Following leads from Ashish's last tweet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atul_Chitnis

Atul Chitnis (February 20, 1962 – June 3, 2013) was a German-born Indian consulting technologist. He was also the founder of FOSS.IN[1] (formerly Linux Bangalore), which was one of Asia's largest free and open source software (FOSS) conferences.

Chitnis, along with other sysops including Ashish Gulhati, Kishore Bhargava, and Suchit Nanda, created an online campaign — the first of its kind in the Indian subcontinent — spreading via the various BBSs that had just begun spreading in India.

[mprep]

Since this thread has been up, Ashish posted then deleted a tweet on Twitter pertaining to his connection to Satoshi, and http://hashcash.com/ no longer redirects to http://neomailbox.com/ currently depicting a page with...

Coming soon...

If you're looking for Adam Back's Hashcash project, it's here...

dun dun dunnnnn

Dramatic...

[Benson Samuel]

Updated the post with the reply tweet.

http://bensonsamuel.com/2013/05/28/is-ashish-gulhati-an-indian-satoshi-nakamoto/

[Phinnaeus Gage]

http://www.tutorgigpedia.com/ed/Ashish_Gulhati

[Viceroy]

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[Phinnaeus Gage]

< Tin Foil Hat Time ?>

Name an actor who played roles in the movie Atlas Shrugged and The Good Wife Bitcoin episode, and once  replied to Amish when he was seeking a place to stay while in California.

[jackjack]

< Tin Foil Hat Time ?>

Name an actor who played roles in the movie Atlas Shrugged and The Good Wife Bitcoin episode, and once  replied to Amish when he was seeking a place to stay while in California.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

< Tin Foil Hat Time ?>

Name an actor who played roles in the movie Atlas Shrugged and The Good Wife Bitcoin episode, and once  replied to Amish when he was seeking a place to stay while in California.

I'll wait till more guess. Meanwhile... http://www.cottusinfo.com/Profile/1877185931



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[BitSmile]

Ashish Gulhati is more probably the Dread Pirate Roberts than Satoshi. Or he's both.

[mprep]

Ashish Gulhati is more probably the Dread Pirate Roberts than Satoshi. Or he's both.

I don't think he's any of them.

[melvster]

Good try.  Close fit.  But is not he.

[BitSmile]

Ashish Gulhati is more probably the Dread Pirate Roberts than Satoshi. Or he's both.

I don't think he's any of them.

I don't think so either.

[melvster]

Updated the post with the reply tweet.

http://bensonsamuel.com/2013/05/28/is-ashish-gulhati-an-indian-satoshi-nakamoto/

Ted wilson?  lol

[Phinnaeus Gage]

http://www.rediff.com/computer/1999/feb/20sense.htm

Pawan, 33, logs on to a New Delhi BBS and meets Vipul Ved Prakash, 23, cryptologist. Vipul then meets Ashish, 48, who was judging a computer competition.

Internet time, or not, that's three generations. But minds can be timeless and a friendship brew into a company.

I'm puzzled by the age of Ashish (48), of which is the same as Ashish Gulhati outlined in this thread. Further proof in the last quote of this post.

General Logic Inc

"We came up with the idea of forming a company and realised that the Net is the way to go," explains Pawan. Originally called Planet India, General Logic Inc now offers site hosting, security, and other Web related services. E-commerce is next on the agenda.

http://web.archive.org/web/20030420055926/http://sensenet.net/hash/

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(This title was eventually written by Damian Conway, who did a terrific job of it, and is available from Manning.)



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