Will they ever find Satoshi Nakamoto? Make your prediction...

[Kakmakr]

Lately there are many people obsessed with finding Satoshi Nakamoto again and the research that they are doing is getting very detailed in comparison with the research that I have seen from previous years.

Do you think with the improvement of forensic technology and analysis, that it would be possible to find Satoshi Nakamoto in the future?

I am amazed with the research that was done so far and I think we would eventually get very close to Satoshi Nakamoto's real identity. The reason why I say this is based on how DNA technology helped to solve many crimes, after it was developed and used in 1986. Lately they even found Serial murderers based on their genetic link to family members who had their DNA logged on some medical database. 

So please make your prediction and decide if you think that there are a good chance that Satoshi's real identity might be discovered in the future?

Let's discuss. 

[AB de Royse777]

I gone for 0% chances.
If I want to hide myself and disconnect me from the internet world and live a life of old school then I believe it's very impossible to find me. Satoshi seems a smart guy (and he is smart). If he can hide himself for these long years then he can easily stay under radar for the rest of his life unless he comes forward himself.

However this Craig guy is a fake by the way.

[DatKing]

I think that there is a 50 percent possibility for finding out who Satoshi Nakamoto is. Maybe one day he/she/they will explain in the future. But I don't expect that he/she/they will come out and tell who he/she/they is/are.

[Beerwizzard]

Considering that Satoshi is not really needed now and he is not working on BTC blockchain and for the last time his name was used only to scam people I guess that none of the serious people is care about finding him while all those scammers that use his name are getting a huge benefit of his anonimity.
Also it is pretty hard to find him. It is like looking for an old forum member that never left his real data and remains offline for years.

[mk4]

I'd say there's a chance, probably 10%? Or 5%? It's really next to impossible to have an estimate of the percentage chance if we don't know what safety precautions Satoshi took to hide his/her/their identity.

Now, I don't think it matters who Satoshi is, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't at least slightly curious in knowing who Satoshi is/are.

Considering that Satoshi is not really needed now and he is not working on BTC blockchain .....

I mean, who knows? Maybe Satoshi is actually working on bitcoin right now, just under a different persona. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[xvids]

]I don't think that they would ever find the person behind the name Satoshi Nakamoto.
They are just wasting their time .
The person behind the name Satoshi just vanished and I think Satoshi isn't going to leave a trace to find him/them.

I mean, who knows? Maybe Satoshi is actually working on bitcoin right now, just under a different persona. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I agree I think Satoshi is still with us but using a different name.

[Ailmand]

What's the sense of looking for the real Satoshi?
If it's his choice to hide everything about him then who are we to force him to show up? He did it for his own reason and whatever it is, we should just accept and respect it. The best thing is he has done his part already and he contributed a lot to our success.

[Mr.Ease]

I'm guessing Bitcoin was some technological project some guy worked on since the dawn of the Internet.
This guy kept adding and perfecting it, but never released it cause he wasn't totally satisfied.

Then the banking crisis happened and he found himself on his death-bed. Instead of taking his project to the grave, he released it to a bunch of computer nerds...

The original Satoshi took almost a million with him - but most likely died before he could see his baby grow up to the Bitcoin we see today...

Thats my story. Satoshi is dead, from natural causes. Otherwise - We would know who he is.

[Kakmakr]

I'm guessing Bitcoin was some technological project some guy worked on since the dawn of the Internet.
This guy kept adding and perfecting it, but never released it cause he wasn't totally satisfied.

Then the banking crisis happened and he found himself on his death-bed. Instead of taking his project to the grave, he released it to a bunch of computer nerds...

The original Satoshi took almost a million with him - but most likely died before he could see his baby grow up to the Bitcoin we see today...

Thats my story. Satoshi is dead, from natural causes. Otherwise - We would know who he is.

You might not be too far from the truth with this prediction, because this will explain why he has not touched any of his coins. I think Satoshi Nakamoto was a pseudonym for a group of people and Hal Finney <RIP> was one of that team.    I think he might have been one of the project leaders and they made a pact to hide Satoshi's real identity. <Out of respect to Hal Finney>

Hal Finney might even have been the holder of the private keys of most of the coins that were mined in the early days and he might have lost access to it. <Once again, out of respect to Hal Finney, the rest of the team wants to hide that mistake> 

It will also explain the different ways in which text was posted on the Internet and why it is so difficult to link it to one person. 

[Henrobakkara]

many people now claim that if he is Satoshi Nakamoto maybe in the future there will be more and according to my thinking, no one will be able to find him because he is a very smart person and always thinks for the long term (above our IQ) maybe he smarter than albert einstein

I gone for 0% chances. same like Royse777

[Bitinity]

Satoshi decided to keep himself anonymous so I believe he will do everything to stay anonymous. If there are many people tries to find him then it is their own right but I believe Satoshi knows how to stay anonymous as long as he wish. So I can say that the chance for others to find him is almost 0% unless he decide to reveal himself in the future.

[finaleshot2016]

I voted for 0% because it's really impossible for us to meet Satoshi Nakamoto. We didn't even know if he/she's a person because there are theories that it might be an organization of leading companies in Asia. No one can ever know where Satoshi is, even our admin and moderators don't know where he/she is. The important thing is, he/she made history in the world of modern technology.

[Haunebu]

What is with the Satoshi craze all of a sudden? Its like a festival which activates itself randomly after a specific period of time. No matter what, I strongly believe that Satoshi will never reveal himself/herself. I respect his/her decision because BTC is all the matters at the end of the day.

[hatshepsut93]

History knows many examples of authors publishing their works anonymously or under pseudonym, and it also has many examples of those authors being uncovered later. So it may be possible that someone will indeed find him, maybe they'll look at all the people who were active in the cypherpunk community, who had interest in cryptography, who had some background in programming, and so on, and then they'll look for further matches, like comparing their writing styles, activity hours, etc.

[olamidey]

The obsession with finding Satoshi is becoming crazy. He created something special and it's being used worldwide and of course, he has his own hundreds of Bitcoin for himself. So let's leave him and stop trying to solve what's not necessary. All this will lead to imposter claiming they heard from him or they're his mouthpiece. Blockchain has come to stay.

I'm not really sure he still works on blockchain again thank ugh he may, under a pseudo name.

[vhns222]

I dont think we can do as some say he is dead at all but dont think now if he is even live would go for public but maybe after total btc dominance and all country start accept it then he would come to public and talk about idea because its revolution in technology and everywhere so its very risky be public now.

[pixie85]

They won't find him I'm sure of it. Maybe there's 1% chance because there's always a chance that something will happen even if it's a very small one.
If they couldn't find him for so many years they won't do it now. He was smart to leave no clues and when there are no clues you can only speculate. I also think they shouldn't look for him. What would that accomplish besides destroying his life?

[akamit]

IMO, if anyone or an agency in the world has the highest interest to find who Satoshi is then it is most probably CIA. I don't think that CIA was just sitting quietly for a decade and haven't tried to find Satoshi Nakamoto, they probably tried their best with their advanced tech and sources. So if my doubt is true and as CIA didn't find him then it is more likely no one will ever find him, unless he reveals himself.

Wait a minute, Mr. McAfee knows who Satoshi is and he will reveal soon. haha.

[okala]

I don't believe they will ever fine the real identity of santoshi Nakamoto with this recent search for the face behind the name, to my I have come to accept the fact that santoshi is an acronym of a group of people and not just a single person and even with the use of the advanced DNA technology that you say it not possible because they is no spaceman to be use to conduct the test.

[teejayrichard2]

finding satoshi nakamoto is an impossible search which will never yield anything positive. He has been able to keep himself hidden for so many years since after introducing bitcoin, I don't think its possible to find him now except he wants to be found. How are we even sure satoshi nakamoto is a man, a woman or even a group of person...No one really knows.