Do you really believe Satoshi is real??

[theymos]

I think Satoshi is an individual person. He writes with a consistent style. I doubt he's American, since he sometimes uses British spelling.

if im understanding that right.. he could literally prove who he is by using his private key to a sign a message and send it via the client(?) to everyone!

Other people have that alert key now. However, Satoshi has published a PGP public key of his own:
https://forum.bitcoin.org/Satoshi_Nakamoto.asc

[TraderTimm]

A good idea is a good idea.

I don't personally care if Satoshi is american, japanese, a sentient toasted bagel with cheese on top or a homeless beggar with a hacked wifi connection living in a refrigerator box. This idea will change the world, and whoever he/she is - was smart enough to let it fly free.

If anything, *we* are bitcoin now. And I don't plan on giving up easily.

[terroh8er]

It's kind of interesting how much of a legend he has created for himself, just disappearing and using a fake name. I have a feeling he is some kind of savant/Rain Man who envisioned this project and then did it. Most people would seek out the fame when the press hit, but he has not. I'm sure major companies would be willing to shell out big bucks for the programmer behind Bitcoin.

[melmo]

Maybe he's a Japanese Canadian.  His english would be fluent, it would explain his use of British spelling, and even the double space after a period. 

I think Satoshi is an individual person. He writes with a consistent style. I doubt he's American, since he sometimes uses British spelling.

Other people have that alert key now. However, Satoshi has published a PGP public key of his own:
https://forum.bitcoin.org/Satoshi_Nakamoto.asc

[bitfreak!]

with that huge amount of btc sitting around... (the stolen ones), maybe just maybe... the govt has it and they simply announced the BTC was stolen, or they stole it themselves.

VERY interesting post sir, my sort of stuff. I didn't know TOR was made and funded by the Government. Can anyone else back-up that statement? But as for the statement I quoted above, it made an interesting thought pop into my head. I read not long ago that the richest Bitcoin user (assuming they only had one account) was holding EXACTLY 250,000 BTC. Considering about six and half mill is in existence now, and only 21 mill will ever exist, that is a mind-boggling amount of BTC. And quite honestly, one of the biggest fears I have about Bitcoin.

[Man From The Future]

People tried tracking him back in 2010, turns out some of the emails he sent originate from internet cafe's and public libraries in Tokyo. So the person at least physically resides there. I'd say there is a high likelihood he is of Japanese descent as well.

Why does perfect English have to mean he is not natively Japanese?
Considering his staggering expertise in cryptography, programming and mathematics I wouldn't say it's too far-fetched to think he is extremely well-educated, maybe even self-learned.

Not being from the UK or USA doesn't automatically mean you make grammatical errors, spelling mistakes or use poor language.

In fact, it means you're less likely to make grammatical mistakes, as you haven't used the method we appear to have in the UK(I odn't know what happens in the USA), "I'm a teacher, I won't teach you grammar, if you can't do it you should've picked it up already from reading!".

[RodeoX]

聡中本 Sato Nakamoto

聡 - wisdom
中 - inside / center / mouth
本 - root / origin

I speak and read some Japaneese. Here is an attempt to decode his name. Family names are written in ideograms barrowed from Chineese. They are really pictures. For example Tokyo can be written as 東京. The first character depicts the sun rising behind a tree and means East. The second shows a Chineese lantern like those found at ancient capitols. So To-Kyo means "Eastern Capitol".
In the family name Naka-Moto the first character is a mouth with something going inside, and the second character depicts a tree with the roots drawn in.

[iamyou0]

He should probably read this
[It's always so nice the design of 2010]

[Ale88]

Bitcoin is in many main languages but not Japanese. Why would the guy who created it not make it in his own language? Don't you find it suspicious MtGox is in Japan?

Satoshi is just a nickname, so I don't understand why you are kind of implying that because of this he/she/they is/are supposed to be Japanese. Also because of the way the bitcoin papers were written it's clear that English is the first language. Anyway the papers have been translated in a second time in other languages by other people, so if they're not in Japanese is just because nobody decided to translated them.

[thecodebear]

Can we start marking the calendar years in BS (Before Satoshi) and AS (After Satoshi) instead of the outdated calendar based on a religious person.

2009 is Year 1 AS
We are now in year 14 AS. AS is the digital age. BS years were in the dark pre-digital age before we had humanity's money.

[ChiBitCTy]

Bitcoin is in many main languages but not Japanese. Why would the guy who created it not make it in his own language? Don't you find it suspicious MtGox is in Japan?

Satoshi is just a nickname, so I don't understand why you are kind of implying that because of this he/she/they is/are supposed to be Japanese. Also because of the way the bitcoin papers were written it's clear that English is the first language. Anyway the papers have been translated in a second time in other languages by other people, so if they're not in Japanese is just because nobody decided to translated them.

Lol you’re reply to a post from 2011 and someone who’s not been logged in to this website for several years. I of course agree with you that the name Satoshi was likely completely made up out of something that has nothing to do directly with bitcoins creator, but they didn’t necessarily really know all this back in 2011.

[Reatim]

He should probably read this
[It's always so nice the design of 2010]

I'm sure he already read this in the past considering that this has been UP for 11 years now.

and also If Satoshi/s is really available still? then he already red this all those years.

Can we start marking the calendar years in BS (Before Satoshi) and AS (After Satoshi) instead of the outdated calendar based on a religious person.

2009 is Year 1 AS
We are now in year 14 AS. AS is the digital age. BS years were in the dark pre-digital age before we had humanity's money.

You can create this one mate, as like the Bible ? AC / BC .. maybe it is the need to provide a calendar that tackles when it happens either before or after.

[stepwilli]

Bitcoin is in many main languages but not Japanese. Why would the guy who created it not make it in his own language? Don't you find it suspicious MtGox is in Japan?
Also the project really isn't a success. A lot of progress still has to be made. Security is still an issue along with sites still growing. Anyone ever even talk to him? I'm not saying he isn't real I'm just putting this out there.

Really? So, how did you get to know that whoever it is that Satoshi Nakamoto was is not someone from Japan? You don't know which country he or they are from, so why assume that they are from any other country and should named the cryptocurrency in their own language when you are not sure of it. They might even be someone from Japan that created it, no one has an idea.

It is also possible that it can he someone from any other country around the world and maybe at the moment they were creating Bitcoin, the name came to their mind and they felt it was the right name for it?

[Cryptomiles1]

I truly love the way he is unidentifiable if not there would have been a regulation on Bitcoin this could be either by Government taking over and imposing some silly law whereby making it difficult own a pieces and some fractions of it. but not some better that Bitcoin is real and can not fail anytime soon. 

[Vaskiy]

I believe in Satoshi, but I'm not sure of his identity. He can be a person/group of men, but the identity Satoshi is a real. I believe for the innovation, because it isn't possible to be developed by a person/group of people without revealing their identity. Satoshi did it with a reason, so to fulfill the so called anonymous transaction. Here the innovation needs to be praised than finding the identity of Satoshi.

[19Nov16]

When viewed from the security side that cannot be hacked until now, I am sure that Bitcoin is designed at least 5 people, after being made, of course it takes a strong marketing strategy and I'm sure there is a special team, maybe Satoshi is the leader of the team and is a natural thing if Many people do not know about Satoshi even many people claim to be Satoshi.

[Argoo]

We have already talked about the personality of Satoshi Nakamoto many times. He did a good job of creating bitcoin and at the same time remaining anonymous. Of course, the Internet makes this task much easier. But anyway. 13 years have passed, and we have not come close to unraveling his personality. It is already most likely that it will never be installed. Yes, and many rightly say that the appearance of Satoshi Nakamoto can cause a number of disputes, juggling of facts and material claims. Whoever Satoshi Nakamoto is, let it be. We'll just be grateful for his work...

[acroman08]

He should probably read this
[It's always so nice the design of 2010]

and you should probably not have necrobumped this. I don't see the point of necrobumping this thread.

I'm sure he already read this in the past considering that this has been UP for 11 years now.

and also If Satoshi/s is really available still? then he already red this all those years.

I doubt he did. his last login time was Dec 13 2010. this thread was created 7 months after he stopped using his satoshi account. unless he created another account to hide that he is satoshi.

[lalabotax]

Why should think that heshe/they are real or not?
We even don't know about Satoshi exactly, but we exactly believe that Satoshi is Satoshi that created Bitcoin. We don't need to think that Satoshi is actually real or not. Because the most important thing is that Satoshi was here creating the first cryptocurrency.
And why did they name it Satoshi, it's still anonymous and nobody knows it actually as what other members say here.
Although the interaction of Satoshi in this forum at the moment still couldn't reveal who he is exa

[dataispower]

I think Satoshi is an individual person. He writes with a consistent style. I doubt he's American, since he sometimes uses British spelling.

This thread is old. Since 2011 it has been created. But what interest me to respond to this. Is, this response of theymos explanation through contemplation that it assume that he doubt that Satoshi is from American and it writing is British writing, with this. It's shows that theymos have not seen Satoshi in person, but i assumed that theymos communicate with Satoshi even seat man to man and talk, that means no body will know if Satoshi is man or woman. This world is very big world.