Does the NSA know who Satoshi is?

[Mageant]

It just ocurred to me, that if the NSA is wiretapping everything like Snowden claims then they should have the identity of Satoshi in their records.
 

What do you think?

[BCB]

YES.

[Anon136]

YES.

what if he always routed through an encrypted tunnel to a vpn?

[BCB]

Satoshi is the NSA

[🏰 TradeFortress 🏰]

SATOSHI is actually the code name for the secret cryptocurrency project, started in 2006.

[veteranBtc]

SATOSHI is actually the code name for the secret cryptocurrency project, started in 2006.

I think this is true.

[Prophet]

I suspect they are pärt of a government backed unit, i simply can not believe one person could do this they had help from a lot of  experts. Considering the front end spoke perfect english, a us or british unit. The psycholigy was to build a simple sound but flawed design to draw people in of a specific psychology that would adapt it to mainstream use to introduce a new paradigm

[Raize]

If the NSA created Bitcoin, why did the CIA need Gavin to brief them on what it was?

[BitcoinBarrel]

If Satoshi is not a real person then who ordered the Pizza?

[dnaleor]

Nakamoto SAtoshi aka Tatsuaki Okamoto isn't it obvious?

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1gexxo/satoshi_nakamoto_aka_tatsuaki_okamotouniversal/

[Jobe7]

It just ocurred to me, that if the NSA is wiretapping everything like Snowden claims then they should have the identity of Satoshi in their records.
 

What do you think?

They probably do (as they apparently have something on everyone), but they extremely likely have no idea who he/they is/are.

No one will ever know until their dying day, and probably not even then, I doubt Satoshi would want his/their family haunted/terrorised by the governments and media of the world.

If we love the Bitcoin, as I'm sure we all do, we'd all do our best to protect his identity and re-focus media talks on the Bitcoin and not the creator. For as amazing as he is, its his creation that we should all marvel.

[🏰 TradeFortress 🏰]

NSA paper, 1996: "How To Make A Mint: The Cryptography of Anonymous Electronic Cash". One referenced crypto expert is named Tatsuaki Okamoto.

http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/money/nsamint/nsamint.htm

[JordanL]

NSA paper, 1996: "How To Make A Mint: The Cryptography of Anonymous Electronic Cash". One referenced crypto expert is named Tatsuaki Okamoto.

http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/money/nsamint/nsamint.htm

Just admit it's you already!!    


Seriously though thanks for the link... fascinating.

[wachtwoord]

I suspect they are pärt of a government backed unit, i simply can not believe one person could do this they had help from a lot of  experts.

Lex parsimoniae, the simplest explanation is usually the correct one. Your explanation is far from the simplest one.

[assortmentofsorts]

Nakamoto SAtoshi aka Tatsuaki Okamoto isn't it obvious?

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1gexxo/satoshi_nakamoto_aka_tatsuaki_okamotouniversal/

Reminds me of "NDAKOTA" anagram of "TANKADO" (Digital Fortress / NSA) 

[wachtwoord]

Nakamoto SAtoshi aka Tatsuaki Okamoto isn't it obvious?

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1gexxo/satoshi_nakamoto_aka_tatsuaki_okamotouniversal/

Reminds me of "NDAKOTA" anagram of "TANKADO" (Digital Fortress / NSA)  

It's definitely not an anagram:

S 2 1
A 3 3
T 2 3
O 3 3
H 1 0
I 1 1
N 1 0
K 1 2
M 1 1
U 0 1

Yves Adele Harlow

[ShoopDaWhoop]

The NSA creating Bitcoin would explain why satoshi's mined blocks have never gone anywhere

[JordanL]

The NSA creating Bitcoin would explain why satoshi's mined blocks have never gone anywhere

So would this.   

[jantenner81]

SATOSHI is actually the code name for the secret cryptocurrency project, started in 2006.

is there any  resource for this info!? Would be interesting?

simply can not believe one person could do this they had help from a lot of  experts

iam with u

[AliceWonder]

Satoshi is the NSA

Bingo