[2019-08-16] Visionary Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto to Reveal Identity

[almightyruler]

In hindsight, I should have had bought a £30 GBP printer to at least print my private keys.

Caan seems to have fallen for the common misconception that all of Satoshi's bitcoins are stored in only a few addresses. The truth is that each block reward earned by Satoshi was stored in a different address. His 980,000 BTC would have been stored in 19600 addresses (50 BTC block reward), so his wallet held 19600 private keys.

Would Satoshi really think that printing 19600 private keys on paper is a reasonable way to back them up? At 120 keys per page, that's 163 pages of text.

Playing Devil's Advocate for a moment:

I've noticed that some altcoin clients reuse addresses when creating the coinbase output. For example, one network has over a million blocks, but less than 50,000 unique addresses.

I've never solo mined Bitcoin so I don't know if the client does (or did) the same. Did the original Bitcoin client absolutely, positively use a brand new address for each block it mined?

[1714734709]

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[almightyruler]

I've just realised #2 and #3 have been combined, so I guess this means that the reveal is complete, and no actual proof will be offered?

I'm finding it hard to believe that:

(1) He was using military grade encryption, yet didn't back up his wallet to another similarly encrypted drive;
(2) He returned the laptop for repair under warranty, knowing that there was a chance that some or all of it may be replaced, rather than going straight to a data recovery company;
(3) There was no attempt to get back the original HD back from the repair agents;
(4) After losing all keys, he didn't mine any further blocks to recoup at least some of his loss;
(5) He offers only anecdotal evidence and a couple of photos of a laptop, rather than incidental proof, such as warranty documentation that matches the date of his "somewhat cryptic post"

I was trying to keep an open mind, but this seems more like fiction woven around publicly known milestones and facts.

[buwaytress]

In hindsight, I should have had bought a £30 GBP printer to at least print my private keys.

Caan seems to have fallen for the common misconception that all of Satoshi's bitcoins are stored in only a few addresses. The truth is that each block reward earned by Satoshi was stored in a different address. His 980,000 BTC would have been stored in 19600 addresses (50 BTC block reward), so his wallet held 19600 private keys.

Would Satoshi really think that printing 19600 private keys on paper is a reasonable way to back them up? At 120 keys per page, that's 163 pages of text.

Loathe to really get into yet another Satoshi discussion re his/her/their wallets and private keys, since nothing that has already been found is discussed, but yeah. This is one among many items incongruent with what the collective Satoshi would have said today were it really him/her/them.

Me being me though, I'd actually have considered 163 pages of text something of a safety feature... if each sheet were stored separately or at different locations. I believe it was even theorised at some point that there was a plan for each of these private keys.

I can't imagine a client in those days loading a wallet with that many addresses though.

[veleten]

I've just realised #2 and #3 have been combined, so I guess this means that the reveal is complete, and no actual proof will be offered?

I'm finding it hard to believe that:

(1) He was using military grade encryption, yet didn't back up his wallet to another similarly encrypted drive;
(2) He returned the laptop for repair under warranty, knowing that there was a chance that some or all of it may be replaced, rather than going straight to a data recovery company;
(3) There was no attempt to get back the original HD back from the repair agents;
(4) After losing all keys, he didn't mine any further blocks to recoup at least some of his loss;
(5) He offers only anecdotal evidence and a couple of photos of a laptop, rather than incidental proof, such as warranty documentation that matches the date of his "somewhat cryptic post"

I was trying to keep an open mind, but this seems more like fiction woven around publicly known milestones and facts.

there are way more discrepancies than that and no actual proof is or was meant to be offered
too many ifs and lets not focus on the laptop , there are more ways to prove that he is Satoshi
yet he didn't go anywhere close to proving , just spreading circumstantial evidence and posting known facts
oh and Chaldean numerology , at least now I learned what it is
if , by some miracle , the story is true , 1 million of coins are lost forever and there won't be a concrete proof if someone is Satoshi ever

[Slow death]

What is it?

It's a big joke we shouldn't care about, we should actually ignore it completely

We'll know tomorrow .......

today is august 21 and where is the revelation of satoshi's identity? I saw nothing, as it was always another great joke ... I do not understand what these people get by doing these kinds of things, they show no proof and have the courage to expose themselves to ridicule. they are people without notion

[bbc.reporter]

@Slow death. He already showed his face 2 days ago and it appears to be someone's face but photoshopped to look different hehehe.


James Bilal Khalid Caan - Satoshi Nakamoto

Source https://satoshinrh.com/

[almightyruler]

@Slow death. He already showed his face 2 days ago and it appears to be someone's face but photoshopped to look different hehehe.

There was some speculation on Reddit that the image may have been generated by an AI model.

At the least, it's a bad Photoshop job to remove the background, which makes it look dodgy. The laptop image is similarly treated.

My guess is that the leaked EXIF location data will point to a shop selling old laptops. 

[NeuroticFish]

James Bilal Khalid Caan - Satoshi Nakamoto

Why all the buzz?
Did he sign a message with the priv key of one of hi known addresses? No?
Was it explained that it's just a marketing gimmick? Yes.
Well, the more the discussion on this subject, the more it will be used, over and over again.

Please don't pay attention to anybody claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto unless he provide a properly signed (new) message.

[odolvlobo]

My guess is that the leaked EXIF location data will point to a shop selling old laptops. 

It's a Holiday Inn in Manchester, England.

[bbc.reporter]

James Bilal Khalid Caan - Satoshi Nakamoto

Why all the buzz?
Did he sign a message with the priv key of one of hi known addresses? No?
Was it explained that it's just a marketing gimmick? Yes.
Well, the more the discussion on this subject, the more it will be used, over and over again.

Please don't pay attention to anybody claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto unless he provide a properly signed (new) message.

I do not know hehe. Also, do not shoot the messenger please. Slow death asked if there were any updates on the news. I was only showing him that nice picture of Satoshi hehehe.