Theory: Satoshi Nakamoto is DPR (Ross Ulbricht silkroad founder)

[kokojie]

Today I was reading some theories about who is Satoshi Nakamoto, and it came to me, that DPR (Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silkroad) is Satoshi Nakamoto

Most people can agree that Satoshi:
* is American
* is a skilled programmer
* knows a lot about cryptography and economics

Guess what, DPR studied economics extensively in college, and we all know DPR can code and have a keen interest in cryptography.

The biggest hint is the perfectly lined up timeline:
The last time Satoshi was involved in Bitcoin was around January 2011, Silkroad launched in February 2011. So if DPR was Satoshi, this would explain why Satoshi suddenly backed off from the Bitcoin development, he was too busy developing and running Silkroad!

Then I digged a little more and found:
DPR moved 1000 BTC that was mined in January 2009, which can only belong to Satoshi or Hal Finney. We know Hal Finney isn't DPR, so there's only one possibility left.

Also this would explain why after DPR was arrested, Satoshi's Bitcoins were never sold or moved, Satoshi himself never showed up anywhere. Because DPR lost his freedom and is rotting in a prison cell.

DPR (Ross Ulbricht) is Satoshi Nakamoto, he was arrested and sentenced to life in prison not just for running Silkroad, it is for something much more.

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From your link, it doesn't look like it was conclusive that those were Satoshi's coins, just that they belonged to a very early adopter.. I'm not convinced that he is Satoshi. Seems like way too risky of a venture for someone like Satoshi.

[Factor0008]

well the hypothesis seems fit enough for me.
That pizza sold for 16bitcoins, was on U.S right?
why not?

[mk4]

I'm afraid that's not enough information for us to conclude that Ulbricht is indeed Satoshi Nakamoto. Yes, Satoshi most probably is a skilled programmer and knowledgeable in the field of cryptography and economics, but is there proof that he is indeed American? Who knows also, Satoshi Nakamoto might be a group instead of one single entity.

[Bonanzacoin]

I think u should stick to watching detective shows...

[BitWhale]

From my understanding DPR wasn't that skilled in coding, then there was the opsec fails that are absent in Satoshi's situation.

Satoshi seemed extremely meticulous about his opsec, making sure to go to great lengths to never reveal his identity. I'm sure there are a few out there that know, but only because they were close to him during this time.

DPR from my understanding was a "crash course" programmer, meaning he learned as he went and alot of his peers were the ones to point out obvious security holes. He also had many different threads on "Stackoverflow" asking for help on how to create things that were then used against him later on because he copied the code verbatim. He created websites using his real email address (if it is to be believed) and that's how they caught him. I'm sure there was more to it than that, the story reads better than any movies I've ever seen... BUT, I definitely don't think it was Satoshi at the helm, Satoshi was just too meticulous.

I am very interested in the early mined coins though, that is an interesting lead that I've always wished we could find more about.

[krishnapramod]

Today I was reading some theories about who is Satoshi Nakamoto, and it came to me, that DPR (Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silkroad) is Satoshi Nakamoto

Most people can agree that Satoshi:
* is American
* is a skilled programmer
* knows a lot about cryptography and economics

Guess what, DPR studied economics extensively in college, and we all know DPR can code and have a keen interest in cryptography.

The biggest hint is the perfectly lined up timeline:
The last time Satoshi was involved in Bitcoin was around January 2011, Silkroad launched in February 2011. So if DPR was Satoshi, this would explain why Satoshi suddenly backed off from the Bitcoin development, he was too busy developing and running Silkroad!

Then I digged a little more and found:
DPR moved 1000 BTC that was mined in January 2009, which can only belong to Satoshi or Hal Finney. We know Hal Finney isn't DPR, so there's only one possibility left.

Also this would explain why after DPR was arrested, Satoshi's Bitcoins were never sold or moved, Satoshi himself never showed up anywhere. Because DPR lost his freedom and is rotting in a prison cell.

DPR (Ross Ulbricht) is Satoshi Nakamoto, he was arrested and sentenced to life in prison not just for running Silkroad, it is for something much more.

Ross U/pirate ain't Satoshi. There is another possibility/another hypothetical statement can be made about "variety Jones". The guy who stepped in to secure the Silk Road network, coder, cryptography, mentor of DPR, but he got caught in Thailand. DPR isn't smart enough to be Satoshi.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=935434.0

[minthit]

Today I was reading some theories about who is Satoshi Nakamoto, and it came to me, that DPR (Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silkroad) is Satoshi Nakamoto

Most people can agree that Satoshi:
* is American
* is a skilled programmer
* knows a lot about cryptography and economics

Guess what, DPR studied economics extensively in college, and we all know DPR can code and have a keen interest in cryptography.

The biggest hint is the perfectly lined up timeline:
The last time Satoshi was involved in Bitcoin was around January 2011, Silkroad launched in February 2011. So if DPR was Satoshi, this would explain why Satoshi suddenly backed off from the Bitcoin development, he was too busy developing and running Silkroad!

Then I digged a little more and found:
DPR moved 1000 BTC that was mined in January 2009, which can only belong to Satoshi or Hal Finney. We know Hal Finney isn't DPR, so there's only one possibility left.

Also this would explain why after DPR was arrested, Satoshi's Bitcoins were never sold or moved, Satoshi himself never showed up anywhere. Because DPR lost his freedom and is rotting in a prison cell.

DPR (Ross Ulbricht) is Satoshi Nakamoto, he was arrested and sentenced to life in prison not just for running Silkroad, it is for something much more.

If Ross Ulbricht was Satoshi Nakamoto, he won't start silkroad. He might at least has a slightest vision for his security.

[The Alchemlst]

It would make perfect sense if its Ross Ulbricht, I mean I can't think of anyone capable nor worthy of creating bitcoin than the infamous  silkroad founder himself. But if by any chance it is true then bitcoin would somehow receive a bad reputation.

[xaviervilla]

Today I was reading some theories about who is Satoshi Nakamoto, and it came to me, that DPR (Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silkroad) is Satoshi Nakamoto

Most people can agree that Satoshi:
* is American
* is a skilled programmer
* knows a lot about cryptography and economics

Guess what, DPR studied economics extensively in college, and we all know DPR can code and have a keen interest in cryptography.

The biggest hint is the perfectly lined up timeline:
The last time Satoshi was involved in Bitcoin was around January 2011, Silkroad launched in February 2011. So if DPR was Satoshi, this would explain why Satoshi suddenly backed off from the Bitcoin development, he was too busy developing and running Silkroad!

Then I digged a little more and found:
DPR moved 1000 BTC that was mined in January 2009, which can only belong to Satoshi or Hal Finney. We know Hal Finney isn't DPR, so there's only one possibility left.

Also this would explain why after DPR was arrested, Satoshi's Bitcoins were never sold or moved, Satoshi himself never showed up anywhere. Because DPR lost his freedom and is rotting in a prison cell.

DPR (Ross Ulbricht) is Satoshi Nakamoto, he was arrested and sentenced to life in prison not just for running Silkroad, it is for something much more.

I have seen countless threads about this already. Claiming they have finally found out who satoshi really is and where he's staying. And you know what, im sick of it. The guy disappeared because he wanted to. No sense in finding someone who doesn't want to be found. So if you love bitcoin, just respect the guy's decisions and let him be.
Besides, you are underestimating satoshi's skills. Clearly he is more clever than that guy. He would know how to protect his identity. Reading about what he's capabilities are, I don't think catching him would be that easy.

[jekjekman]

Today I was reading some theories about who is Satoshi Nakamoto, and it came to me, that DPR (Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silkroad) is Satoshi Nakamoto

Most people can agree that Satoshi:
* is American
* is a skilled programmer
* knows a lot about cryptography and economics

Guess what, DPR studied economics extensively in college, and we all know DPR can code and have a keen interest in cryptography.

The biggest hint is the perfectly lined up timeline:
The last time Satoshi was involved in Bitcoin was around January 2011, Silkroad launched in February 2011. So if DPR was Satoshi, this would explain why Satoshi suddenly backed off from the Bitcoin development, he was too busy developing and running Silkroad!

Then I digged a little more and found:
DPR moved 1000 BTC that was mined in January 2009, which can only belong to Satoshi or Hal Finney. We know Hal Finney isn't DPR, so there's only one possibility left.

Also this would explain why after DPR was arrested, Satoshi's Bitcoins were never sold or moved, Satoshi himself never showed up anywhere. Because DPR lost his freedom and is rotting in a prison cell.

DPR (Ross Ulbricht) is Satoshi Nakamoto, he was arrested and sentenced to life in prison not just for running Silkroad, it is for something much more.

You have a point there but it seems you jump into conclusions as Ross Ulbricht just got arrested on year 2015 so he still have a time to use his account on here if he wants to. that is 4 year apart from 2011 though. There is a lot of skilled programmer that is so into cryptography espescially those who really using the dark web. No one really knows who is Satoshi Nakamoto and there is no concrete proof to prove that and it doesn't significant to know it anymore.

I think if there is one reason why that Satoshi Nakamoto account has been unactive because if you have created a great revolutionary technology that changed the world and it really booms then you will recieve so much attention and messages to that account and that would be a serious headache just like vitalik buterin.

We can consider also that account of Satoshi Nakamoto has been used of group of people that develops Bitcoin because it is hard to believe that only one person is involve in creating it.

[Sadlife]

We wouldn't actually know the real truth we can't even conclude that satoshi is really an american i mean the name satoshi nakamoto what's the point naming himself that when he can have some other codenames to use. And also we're not really sure if satoshi is an individual. I guess all we can do is to guess whether who is satoshi nakamoto on that time with who owns large amount bitcoin that day or maybe he is just an investor of it and maybe an accomplice by satoshi.

[HabBear]

It's a nice thought, but not really likely. Ross Ulbricht didn't have access to the closed cypherpunks community that Satoshi first delivered his idea to...it was a group of 8 people or so, really tight. Nor does Ross have any background or experience in the technology needed to create a digital currency.

Have you seen the documentary Banking on Bitcoin yet?

Near the end they make a really logical argument for who may be Satoshi Nakamoto, focusing in on two people.

(1) Nick Szabo, founder of Bit Gold Proposal: It turns out the Bitcoin is nearly an exact copy of a previously released but failed version of a digital currency called Bit Gold. The gent who created Bit Gold, Nick Szabo, was part of the original 8 cypherpunks to receive the Satoshi's white paper. Given how closely Bitcoin resembles Bit Gold, many people believe Nick Szabo is Satoshi.

(2) Hal Finney, the first person to mine and transact Bitcoin with Satoshi: Hal was part of the cypherpunks group that received the white paper. Hal also lived within 2 miles of Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto, the California resident that was once falsely "accused" of being Satoshi. Some time after Bitcoin went live Hal was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) and sadly he passed away in 2014. The escalation of Hal's disease (when he would become more incapacitated) is said to align with the time that Satoshi went dark on this forum and other communication channels with core developers.

We know Hal Finney isn't DPR, so there's only one possibility left.

We do? How? Because Hal convincingly told a reporter for Wired that he wasn't Satoshi? Lying isn't as difficult as you think, especially when it's for the right reasons.

The reasons for Ross' arrest was logical and legitimate for his involvement in Silk Road, to presume that this logical and legitimate reason is actually a farce to cover another reason (i.e., he's Satoshi) is textbook conspiracy theory thinking. You're looking for connections that don't exist. The weak part of this argument is that your connections you're trying to make aren't as plausible as reality.

[Eric Cartman]

Who is involved in something even remotely related to cryptos and isn't Satoshi?

[AGD]

Only for the fact, that Ross posted his real name here on Bitcointalk, I would assume, that his OPSEC was on an extremely low level.

If Satoshi would have founded SilkRoad it would be functioning more like in the style of OpenBazaar. Not saying that Manfred Karrer is Satoshi.
Btw OP you said 'Most people can agree Satoshi is american'. Did you count or how do come to a conclusion like that? Many people actually think Satoshi is british, but a good opsec could include changing writing style, to let the people think he was british.

[Wind_FURY]

OP, that is very improbable. Does Ross Ulbricht know how to code?

I still believe in the theory that Satoshi is a group of people that includes some of the original cypher punks like Adam Back and Nick Szabo, and some new ones like Peter Todd. They are trolling the forums with their alt accounts as we discuss this.

[Kakmakr]

Everyone seem to believe that there were someone else behind Ross Ulbricht, who were pulling the strings. If you want a conspiracy theory, then I would rather point the finger to this mysterious person, higher up in the chain. I personally think, someone like Satoshi, who created this system to eliminate the corrupt banking and financial systems, will not get involved in sites like Silkroad. ^hmmmmm^

If you owned millions of bitcoins, would you even bother to create Silkroad? < Some might say, it would be a method to launder those coins, but none of those coins ever moved >

[Herbert2020]

lets have some fun then

Most people can agree that Satoshi:
* is American
* is a skilled programmer
* knows a lot about cryptography and economics

who are these most people and where is the reference?
- who said he is American? (s)he could have been from anywhere!
- yes but also some say he was above average with all mistakes he made which describes a large population.
- yes, so does a lot of others

for all we know Satoshi was a group of people

Guess what, DPR studied economics extensively in college, and we all know DPR can code and have a keen interest in cryptography.

so does many others.

The biggest hint is the perfectly lined up timeline:
The last time Satoshi was involved in Bitcoin was around January 2011, Silkroad launched in February 2011. So if DPR was Satoshi, this would explain why Satoshi suddenly backed off from the Bitcoin development, he was too busy developing and running Silkroad!

or maybe it was because Gavin Andereson went to that 3 letter agency.

Then I digged a little more and found:
DPR moved 1000 BTC that was mined in January 2009, which can only belong to Satoshi or Hal Finney. We know Hal Finney isn't DPR, so there's only one possibility left.

in order for this to be true, you have to prove that Satoshi and Hal were the ONLY 2 people mining bitcoin and you have no proof of that. there may have been a third person called Ross Ulbricht who found out about bitcoin, started mining it and thought about creating SilkRoad.

also i didn't see any TX ID anywhere! where is the proof? that article says "...scientists found an account..." didn't mention any bitcoin transaction!

Also this would explain why after DPR was arrested, Satoshi's Bitcoins were never sold or moved, Satoshi himself never showed up anywhere. Because DPR lost his freedom and is rotting in a prison cell.

or Satoshi is dead.
or the group decided they should not move those coins ever.
or Satoshi is already rich and satisfied with his life that doesn't need to sell bitcoin for more money.
or Satoshi is waiting for a good price and $3xxx-$4xxx looks stupid to sell.

[buwaytress]

First time I've seen that link being established? But it's a very poor one, based on coincidental timing (one month is a long time, btw, and you don't move on to other projects from crypto to illicit trade). Of course, most of the previous links were probably as poor. But your first assumptions are contentious. The first, that Satoshi is an individual, anyway, seems highly unlikely to me. There may have been one person responsible for the majority of writings, but several would have needed to work on the project. To me, it's possible that the inability to keep up appearances as an individual had something to do with Nakamoto's withdrawal.

Also, if your link is true, it doesn't seem congruent with Satoshi's preference NOT to be associated with controversial use as he thought this would risk Bitcoin taking in heat it wouldn't survive.

See his comments re WikiLeaks: https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/511720242171502592?lang=en

http://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/posts/bitcointalk/523/

[cjmoles]

Hmmm---> there's definitely a few coincidences there. I don't think it was the Dreaded Pirate, BUT --->There's enough coincidence here to assume a collusionary relationship ---> has anybody questioned --->wait for it ---> THE PARROT!?

Seriously, there is speculation that DPR wasn't alone, there's also speculation that Satoshi wasn't alone, so maybe it was a community of users all collaborating to set up the foundation of the network?  Maybe they even have the early PK's distributed in a multi-sig type of way? Hmmm --- ?

[MrCrank]

I don't believe that DPR (Ross Ulbricht) is Satoshi Nakamoto.
I read that Nakamoto is Japanese.
Also I saw few articles about Satoshi and there written that he from Australia.
My opinion Satoshi Nakamoto is fictitious character.

[yishak]

Hmmm... Thats a good theory ,its possible that Ross Ulbricht might be Satoshi Nakamoto but you have not provided enough information to prove it so this theory remains a theory with out a conclusive evidence.
btw you mentioned that most people assume that Satoshi Nakamoto is American, where did you read about that?

[BitcoinMoses]

Only for the fact, that Ross posted his real name here on Bitcointalk, I would assume, that his OPSEC was on an extremely low level.

If Satoshi would have founded SilkRoad it would be functioning more like in the style of OpenBazaar. Not saying that Manfred Karrer is Satoshi.
Btw OP you said 'Most people can agree Satoshi is american'. Did you count or how do come to a conclusion like that? Many people actually think Satoshi is british, but a good opsec could include changing writing style, to let the people think he was british.

Shalom ! Shalom ! Ab'Shalom ! Prince of Jerusalem HRH Zechariah. Do you know who is he ?

AGD has explained here ------
 Many people actually think Satoshi is british, but a good opsec could include changing writing style, to let the people think he was british.

How about, the real truth, It is Satoshi Nakamoto who wrote a secret code to use some American spelling with his British spelling to confuse the people, so no body would be able to identify that indeed he is British. Now the OP saying that he think Ross Ulbricht the DPR could be Satoshi Nakamoto. Now I am Moses ! Bitcoin Moses ! I am the final Prophet of Bitcoin Profit. I am the one who never lie and cheat any one. I must tell the truth about the confusion that is floating regarding a question Who is Satoshi Nakamoto ? But before that I am asking the clever or analytical researcher to find out why Ross Ulbricht and Jeff Garzik went to London in July 2005 together  and what they were doing there in Hanger Lane Acton ? Now, the true fact is Ross is not the only person who is DPR. DPR mean Dread Pirate Roberts. The truth is,  Ross was  the Boss or was not the Boss of the Dread Pirate Roberts that need to be identified first.

There after the question will come if he is the real impostor of the real Satoshi Nakamoto ? The real Satoshi Nakamoto is confused about Ross Ulbricht if whether he is the Boss of the Dread Pirate Roberts ? Let me say, about few Roberts here for your interest- 1. Mark Robert Karpeles, 2. Robert Richards, 3 Robert Michael, 4 Robert Guttmann, 5 Robert Craig Wright, 7Robert Vlad and so on. Here is my verdict that Ross Ulbricht is not the real Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin and Blockchain technology but he could one of the Robert Ross Ulbricht one of the DPRs.

[btccashacc]

I still believe that Satoshi Nakamoto is more than one person, some people said that he is British, some people said that he is American or Australia etc. One thing is sure there is no evidence that Satoshi is originally from those countries. However, I might agree that Satoshi is a skilled programmer but in creating a magnificent technology such a Bitcoin I think it would require a lot of people to realize this project, well just my thought.

[Kprawn]

I still believe that Satoshi Nakamoto is more than one person, some people said that he is British, some people said that he is American or Australia etc. One thing is sure there is no evidence that Satoshi is originally from those countries. However, I might agree that Satoshi is a skilled programmer but in creating a magnificent technology such a Bitcoin I think it would require a lot of people to realize this project, well just my thought.

I have to agree with you on this one. The creators of Bitcoin has a comprehensive knowledge of a bunch of technologies and

they combined all these concepts into one technology. This could only have come from the combined effort of a small group

of people. I think they brainstormed this technology and developed it in secret. They used one person as a spokesperson

for the group, but the idea was a collective effort. 

[BitcoinMoses]

I still believe that Satoshi Nakamoto is more than one person, some people said that he is British, some people said that he is American or Australia etc. One thing is sure there is no evidence that Satoshi is originally from those countries. However, I might agree that Satoshi is a skilled programmer but in creating a magnificent technology such a Bitcoin I think it would require a lot of people to realize this project, well just my thought.

I have to agree with you on this one. The creators of Bitcoin has a comprehensive knowledge of a bunch of technologies and

they combined all these concepts into one technology. This could only have come from the combined effort of a small group

of people. I think they brainstormed this technology and developed it in secret. They used one person as a spokesperson

for the group, but the idea was a collective effort. 

You are wrong. Satoshi Nakamoto is a Digital Currency researcher since 1993. The idea of Bitcoin was not a collective efforts. Satoshi Nakamoto alone did most of the Bitcoin and Blockchain invention project work but he had to use his capacity to construct seven AI and few Cypherpunks came out of the blue and did the work according to his Bitcoin Dramas plan to help him. Most of them were NSA sponsored friendly hackers those who have hijacked the Bitcoin Project from Satoshi Nakamoto according to Roselyn Hamilton's statements, the personal secretary of Satoshi Nakamoto.  Ross Ulbricht was a NSA agent but become a believer in Bitcoin. That was his crime. He resigned from  the NSA and became a true Libertarian. But he was doing lots of other things that all together put him in prison for life. The real Satoshi Nakamoto knew his existence since June 2005 when he came to London to spy on Satoshi Nakamoto.

[thejaytiesto]

Today I was reading some theories about who is Satoshi Nakamoto, and it came to me, that DPR (Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silkroad) is Satoshi Nakamoto

Most people can agree that Satoshi:
* is American
* is a skilled programmer
* knows a lot about cryptography and economics

Guess what, DPR studied economics extensively in college, and we all know DPR can code and have a keen interest in cryptography.

The biggest hint is the perfectly lined up timeline:
The last time Satoshi was involved in Bitcoin was around January 2011, Silkroad launched in February 2011. So if DPR was Satoshi, this would explain why Satoshi suddenly backed off from the Bitcoin development, he was too busy developing and running Silkroad!

Then I digged a little more and found:
DPR moved 1000 BTC that was mined in January 2009, which can only belong to Satoshi or Hal Finney. We know Hal Finney isn't DPR, so there's only one possibility left.

Also this would explain why after DPR was arrested, Satoshi's Bitcoins were never sold or moved, Satoshi himself never showed up anywhere. Because DPR lost his freedom and is rotting in a prison cell.

DPR (Ross Ulbricht) is Satoshi Nakamoto, he was arrested and sentenced to life in prison not just for running Silkroad, it is for something much more.

Cool theory. In my view, he must be someone that is either in jail for life, or is dead, and ((they)) know for a fact that this is the case, otherwise they would have not appointed the Satoshi sockpuppet Craig Wright to try to influence the masses into thinking he is the real Satoshi. Why would anyone play the role of Satoshi unless he knew the real Satoshi wasn't going to show up and leave you looking like the biggest idiot on earth?

So like I said, Satoshi is in jail or dead, pick one.

[electronicash]

DPR ordered to kill someone as being documented by the agents. not sure who to believe but that's satoshi who is a geek turned kingpin? yeah right.
i would probably believe if satoshi was someone who is rich and famous already and knows how to value privacy after learning fame isn't something to keep..

[coinmachina]

The biggest hint is the perfectly lined up timeline:
The last time Satoshi was involved in Bitcoin was around January 2011, Silkroad launched in February 2011. So if DPR was Satoshi, this would explain why Satoshi suddenly backed off from the Bitcoin development, he was too busy developing and running Silkroad!

This is the only thing that makes slightly sense. With everything else you are mistaken I guess.

Nothing points to nakamoto being American. Also I'm pretty sure that Ulbricht does not have the technical skills needed to invent and develop Bitcoin.

Ulbricht however once said that he is not the original founder of Silk Road but that someone handed it over to him. What might be true (although not very likely) is that nakamoto is the founder of silk road but handed it over to other people later.

[Dhaaaw]

It's in every fuckin theory i read that X might be satoshi for Y reasons and all these theories stick together. I never read anything about satoshi being an actual group of people, tbh bitcoin is really harder to develop for a simple person. Secondly why are people obssessed with his/her/their identities, for all we know they want to hide, so let it be that way.

[ebliever]

The biggest hint is the perfectly lined up timeline:
The last time Satoshi was involved in Bitcoin was around January 2011, Silkroad launched in February 2011. So if DPR was Satoshi, this would explain why Satoshi suddenly backed off from the Bitcoin development, he was too busy developing and running Silkroad!

This is the only thing that makes slightly sense. With everything else you are mistaken I guess.

Nothing points to nakamoto being American. Also I'm pretty sure that Ulbricht does not have the technical skills needed to invent and develop Bitcoin.

Ulbricht however once said that he is not the original founder of Silk Road but that someone handed it over to him. What might be true (although not very likely) is that nakamoto is the founder of silk road but handed it over to other people later.

The best evidence he could be American  is the timing of his message posts, which suggests he lived in the US-EST time zone or near to it (this would include the west coast of South America). Someone in Europe, Africa, Asia or Australia would have to have very odd sleep habits to explain the post history. This isn't proof of course, but is probably one of the better clues we have to go on.

DPR is clearly not Satoshi, at any rate. Very different worldview, and Satoshi was much more capable and mature in multiple ways.

[13abyknight]

This is probably the most absurd Satoshi Nakamoto theory I've read to date. If you really believe Satoshi created Bitcoin just for the underworld and black market usage, you are delusional. Being decentralized, SR and other markets began using Bitcoin as they saw the potential of being undercover without the use of Paypal/Liberty Reserve (back then) or any other payment processor. This doesn't mean Satoshi is Ross because for someone as brilliant as Satoshi, he wouldn't have just create a currency just for the sake of illegal trades.

[bitbunnny]

I really can't understand why everybody wants to reveal the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto. I don't think that matters that much, the most important thing is that he has created Bitcoin and it has made a big success because people use it and are happy with it and it has changed the future of finances. Probably that makes Satoshi happy too. So.just let him live in peace and quiet, far from publicity if he has already chosen to do so.

[mozillaspez]

I don't believe that DPR (Ross Ulbricht) is Satoshi Nakamoto.
I read that Nakamoto is Japanese.
Also I saw few articles about Satoshi and there written that he from Australia.
My opinion Satoshi Nakamoto is fictitious character.

Nobody know that who is Satoshi Nakamoto because he is unknown anonymous nobody can find him nobody can reach to him because he has privacy and he know how to hide himself better.

[GreenBits]

It seems pretty obvious at this point that satoshi is not a single dude. much like vitalik recently communicated, designing something like this requires expertise in multiple disciplines of study. this is way more than just economics, its more than programming too. it incorporates some civics, and a little philosophy. i dont think a single guy named satoshi, or even a guy that took the handle, would be able to accomplish something this nuanced. i do think the original idea, in a very basic form, might have been fleshed out by a single guy.

but even then, if it had to go through development by a team, at what point does it grow beyond the prototype into a new thing?

[kokojie]

It seems pretty obvious at this point that satoshi is not a single dude. much like vitalik recently communicated, designing something like this requires expertise in multiple disciplines of study. this is way more than just economics, its more than programming too. it incorporates some civics, and a little philosophy. i dont think a single guy named satoshi, or even a guy that took the handle, would be able to accomplish something this nuanced. i do think the original idea, in a very basic form, might have been fleshed out by a single guy.

but even then, if it had to go through development by a team, at what point does it grow beyond the prototype into a new thing?

The original satoshi client code was clearly written by one person, the coding style consistency, with all the same mistakes, is clear as day to any seasoned programmer.

Satoshi didn't invent all these by himself though, he was standing on the shoulder of giants. He was heavily influenced by Adam Back and Wei Dai's earlier work. He basically combined Adam Back and Wei Dai's work together, and added a little bit of his own flavour(the blockchain).

[bitcoinmaniac52]

I have a hard time believing this. Why would Satoshi, who seems to have good intentions, create Bitcoin and immediately start a drug/illegal operation with it? I think some criminals just took advantage of its security, that is all.

[kokojie]

I have a hard time believing this. Why would Satoshi, who seems to have good intentions, create Bitcoin and immediately start a drug/illegal operation with it? I think some criminals just took advantage of its security, that is all.

The intentions/interests of Bitcoin and Silkroad are highly aligned, it's no accident Bitcoin has become the de facto currency of Darknet Markets. Silkroad is not illegal everywhere, and its intentions can be argued as good, I don't think the original Bitcoin community had any hate for silkroad at all, actually I'm pretty sure 90% of old timers liked silkroad, a lot. I mean BitInstant's Charlie Shrem even went to jail for helping silkroad launder money.

It almost as if Satoshi created Bitcoin specifically for Darknet Markets. I mean Darknet transactions are almost 100% done in crypto-currency nowadays.

Also, do you not find it strange that both Satoshi and DPR use TOR to hide their identity 100% of the time? This is not something done by anyone else in the Bitcoin development space. Not Hal Finney, not Gavin Andressen, none! No other developer in Bitcoin space are afraid to show their own identity, in fact most are proud to get their name out there. Only Satoshi hid his identity and use TOR 100% of the time. If he was DPR, then that perfectly explains why he had to do that.