The biggest crypto mystery still revolves around Satoshi’s identity

[JessicaVL]

It’s October 2008, and anonymous figure Satoshi Nakamoto has just released his/her/their whitepaper outlining an incredible new cash and payment system, Bitcoin. 11 years on, the biggest crypto mystery still revolves around Satoshi’s identity. Obviously they want to stay anonymous for a variety of reasons, but speculation will not end until Satoshi reveals themselves (if they ever do).

Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?
Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonym used by the anonymous Bitcoin creator, who released the Bitcoin whitepaper all the way back in October 2008. Many people have stepped forward claiming to be Satoshi, although so far none of them have been the real deal. Nick Szabo and Craig Wright, are among those who have been doxed as potential Bitcoin creators. Nick Szabo has explicitly denied any involvement, while Craig Wright continues to claim that he is the real Satoshi.

Satoshi Nakamoto stepped down from their role in the development of Bitcoin in December 2010, although they still remain the faceless figurehead for the coin, as well as the wider cryptocurrency community. Afterall, without Satoshi we would never have the  $201 billion industry that is thriving today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bze53qwHS8o

What we know so far
There has been endless speculation about the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, basically since the founding of Bitcoin. While Nick Szabo and Craig Wright seem to be among the more popular options, investigations were conducted on the matter by The New Yorker and and Fast Company. The New Yorker reported that they had discovered at least two potential candidates: Michael Clear, a Trinity College graduate student, and Vili Lehdonvirta, a Finnish economic sociologist at the Oxford Internet Institute. Clear denied any involvement in the creation of Bitcoin, saying:

“I thought I might feature in one paragraph as a possible candidate who was quickly eliminated,” he says, bemused by the whole thing. He has spent the week since the article was published denying he is Satoshi, writing on his website: “Although I am flattered that Josh had reason to think I could be Satoshi, I am certainly the wrong person . . . It seems that even limited searches yield candidates who fit the profile far better than I think I do.”

Fast Company’s investigation highlighted circumstantial evidence that linked an encryption patent application for the domain name bitcoin.org to Neal King, Vladimir Oksman, and Charles Bry. The patent application was filed on 15 August 2008, and the domain name was registered just 72 hours later. The application contained technologies similar to Bitcoin, and textual analysis discovered the phrase “...computationally impractical to reverse” in both the patent and the Bitcoin whitepaper. All three have vehemently denied being Satoshi Nakamoto.

Timing
Stefan Thomas, a Swiss coder and Bitcoin community member, mapped out the time stamps for each of Satoshi’s 500+ Bitcoin forum posts. The resulting graph showed a steep decline in activity between the hours of 5am and 11am Greenwich Mean Time. The pattern remained the same over the weekend, indicating that Satoshi would likely be asleep at this time. The hours of 5am to 11am GMT are 12am to 6am Eastern Standard Time. So, according to these charts, Satoshi would be living in the United States.

However, other clues also point to Satoshi being British, or at least living in the UK (like Craig Wright). The headline coded into the Bitcoin genesis block came from The Times, a UK newspaper, and many of Satoshi’s comments on the Bitcoin source code includes British English spellings, like “optimise” and “colour”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOUZxG1JcGI

So, the biggest crypto mystery still revolves around Satoshi’s identity, and it’s unlikely that’ll change anytime soon. Satoshi would want to keep their identity secret for an endless number of reasons, and that’s their prerogative.

With that being said, we have Satoshi to thank for the booming crypto asset industry that we see today. You can trade Bitcoin, as well as other cryptoassets, on hundreds of different platforms. From exchanges, to social trading platforms like eToro, crypto is more accessible than ever.

https://twitter.com/selfbankt/status/1213096919234498564

Hiding Satoshi
This biggest crypto mystery still revolves around Satoshi’s identity, and that’s okay. Humans are nosey - it’s not a bad thing, but it’s definitely inherent in our natures. We’re always looking to solve the mystery, but sometimes it shouldn’t be solved. In the case of Satoshi’s true identity, we’ll probably never get the facts completely straight. The biggest mystery in crypto involves the person (or group) who started it all, and that somehow just feels so right.

https://itsblockchain.com/the-biggest-crypto-mystery-still-revolves-around-satoshis-identity/

[BrewMaster]

nowadays Satoshi's identity has turned into a source of income for different people! from these low quality website that keep creating clickbaits to the big scammers like CSW everyone is trying to make some money from it!
the worst part is that there has not been anything new for at least half a decade. everything is the repetition of all that has been rehashed a million times.

[karmamiu]

nowadays Satoshi's identity has turned into a source of income for different people! from these low quality website that keep creating clickbaits to the big scammers like CSW everyone is trying to make some money from it!
the worst part is that there has not been anything new for at least half a decade. everything is the repetition of all that has been rehashed a million times.

            And there had been plenty of opportunistic people taking advantage of what has been established by Satoshi himself. I am no longer surprised nowadays that there are so many economic competitions regarding what's in for the time being about sources or ways of income with Bitcoin. Lots are being fooled why others laugh and earned just like when the first establishment of any other currencies and paper figures. Tsk tsk. People nowadays though they'll do anything just to earn.

[secone]

“Mining should not be too profitable (because nothing should be too profitable, the world doesn’t leave free money lying around). Therefore the price of Bitcoins can’t rise too much above the cost of mining (counting equipment depreciation among the costs of course).”

“Since we’re all rich with bitcoins, or we will be once they’re worth a million dollars like everyone expects, we ought to put some of this unearned wealth to good use.”


for me halfinney is the real satoshi nakamoto, just my feeling, every little sathosi we earned or we buying from market having halfinney soul, and we can feel it

[bdivrik]

If Satoshi wanted to explain himself, he would have done it by now. But I don't think you will. Maybe at a very late date, maybe a letter will come out after he dies. I think this mystery is good. It's becoming more attractive.

[cabron]

If Satoshi wanted to explain himself, he would have done it by now. But I don't think you will. Maybe at a very late date, maybe a letter will come out after he dies. I think this mystery is good. It's becoming more attractive.

Well I hope that letter won't reveal his keys to the wallet.

It would be best for him to just keep himself even after he died because the people will have more to investigate when people finds out who he is and his relatives like brothers or sisters. The media won't let them sleep at night if he left a letter. This letter or revealing himself won't help.

[sunsilk]

Is it really CSW was doxed to be satoshi? it was him that proclaims to be satoshi, right? But the majority here is aware that this guy is faking out the alias and he's not really him.

for me halfinney is the real satoshi nakamoto, just my feeling, every little sathosi we earned or we buying from market having halfinney soul, and we can feel it

If it's just all about speculating and guessing who could be the real satoshi, I'm also placing my hat to Hal. Although, he had already denied to be satoshi but there's a high probability that it's him because he took the first transaction with satoshi.

[DooMAD]

When you accept that satoshi doesn't want to be found and that you are not owed the information of their identity, it ceases to be a mystery.  Respect their right to privacy.

As for Craig Parasite, he's just a run-of-the-mill identity thief.

[X-ray]

Kinda useless trying to identificate someone who doesn't want to be found out. Even if satoshi's identity is finally revealed what will we do anyway? It's like we are doing something that could possibly harmful to person just to feed our curiousity.

nowadays Satoshi's identity has turned into a source of income for different people! from these low quality website that keep creating clickbaits to the big scammers like CSW everyone is trying to make some money from it!
the worst part is that there has not been anything new for at least half a decade. everything is the repetition of all that has been rehashed a million times.

Exactly what I'm thinking. These same repetitive articles being posted every week really grind my gears.

[iRaMMuS34]

Hoomans are so predictable. Why do we need to know who he really is? From the point of rationality we don't need this info, but damn it's so tempting

[Aurora Castro]

It’s October 2008, and anonymous figure Satoshi Nakamoto has just released his/her/their whitepaper outlining an incredible new cash and payment system, Bitcoin. 11 years on, the biggest crypto mystery still revolves around Satoshi’s identity. Obviously they want to stay anonymous for a variety of reasons, but speculation will not end until Satoshi reveals themselves (if they ever do).

Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?
Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonym used by the anonymous Bitcoin creator, who released the Bitcoin whitepaper all the way back in October 2008. Many people have stepped forward claiming to be Satoshi, although so far none of them have been the real deal. Nick Szabo and Craig Wright, are among those who have been doxed as potential Bitcoin creators. Nick Szabo has explicitly denied any involvement, while Craig Wright continues to claim that he is the real Satoshi.

Satoshi Nakamoto stepped down from their role in the development of Bitcoin in December 2010, although they still remain the faceless figurehead for the coin, as well as the wider cryptocurrency community. Afterall, without Satoshi we would never have the  $201 billion industry that is thriving today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bze53qwHS8o

What we know so far
There has been endless speculation about the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, basically since the founding of Bitcoin. While Nick Szabo and Craig Wright seem to be among the more popular options, investigations were conducted on the matter by The New Yorker and and Fast Company. The New Yorker reported that they had discovered at least two potential candidates: Michael Clear, a Trinity College graduate student, and Vili Lehdonvirta, a Finnish economic sociologist at the Oxford Internet Institute. Clear denied any involvement in the creation of Bitcoin, saying:

“I thought I might feature in one paragraph as a possible candidate who was quickly eliminated,” he says, bemused by the whole thing. He has spent the week since the article was published denying he is Satoshi, writing on his website: “Although I am flattered that Josh had reason to think I could be Satoshi, I am certainly the wrong person . . . It seems that even limited searches yield candidates who fit the profile far better than I think I do.”

Fast Company’s investigation highlighted circumstantial evidence that linked an encryption patent application for the domain name bitcoin.org to Neal King, Vladimir Oksman, and Charles Bry. The patent application was filed on 15 August 2008, and the domain name was registered just 72 hours later. The application contained technologies similar to Bitcoin, and textual analysis discovered the phrase “...computationally impractical to reverse” in both the patent and the Bitcoin whitepaper. All three have vehemently denied being Satoshi Nakamoto.

Timing
Stefan Thomas, a Swiss coder and Bitcoin community member, mapped out the time stamps for each of Satoshi’s 500+ Bitcoin forum posts. The resulting graph showed a steep decline in activity between the hours of 5am and 11am Greenwich Mean Time. The pattern remained the same over the weekend, indicating that Satoshi would likely be asleep at this time. The hours of 5am to 11am GMT are 12am to 6am Eastern Standard Time. So, according to these charts, Satoshi would be living in the United States.

However, other clues also point to Satoshi being British, or at least living in the UK (like Craig Wright). The headline coded into the Bitcoin genesis block came from The Times, a UK newspaper, and many of Satoshi’s comments on the Bitcoin source code includes British English spellings, like “optimise” and “colour”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOUZxG1JcGI

So, the biggest crypto mystery still revolves around Satoshi’s identity, and it’s unlikely that’ll change anytime soon. Satoshi would want to keep their identity secret for an endless number of reasons, and that’s their prerogative.

With that being said, we have Satoshi to thank for the booming crypto asset industry that we see today. You can trade Bitcoin, as well as other cryptoassets, on hundreds of different platforms. From exchanges, to social trading platforms like eToro, crypto is more accessible than ever.

https://twitter.com/selfbankt/status/1213096919234498564

Hiding Satoshi
This biggest crypto mystery still revolves around Satoshi’s identity, and that’s okay. Humans are nosey - it’s not a bad thing, but it’s definitely inherent in our natures. We’re always looking to solve the mystery, but sometimes it shouldn’t be solved. In the case of Satoshi’s true identity, we’ll probably never get the facts completely straight. The biggest mystery in crypto involves the person (or group) who started it all, and that somehow just feels so right.

https://itsblockchain.com/the-biggest-crypto-mystery-still-revolves-around-satoshis-identity/

Saya pikir untuk Satoshi Nakamoto, prioritasnya adalah melindungi privasi, itulah sebabnya ia memutuskan untuk menciptakan teknologi ini. Dia telah melakukan pekerjaan dengan baik untuk merahasiakan segala sesuatu, dan dengan demikian menghindari serangan dunia maya atau keadaan lain yang ingin merusak identitasnya. Kami hanya tahu apa yang dia ingin kami ketahui.

[TimeTeller]

nowadays Satoshi's identity has turned into a source of income for different people! from these low quality website that keep creating clickbaits to the big scammers like CSW everyone is trying to make some money from it!
the worst part is that there has not been anything new for at least half a decade. everything is the repetition of all that has been rehashed a million times.

Absolutely agree! I really hope people stop uncovering the identity of Satoshi and making money out of it.
Just be grateful that we are living in this age where crypto has value and have been changing so many lives.
Though it is considered to be a mystery, but I believe, we just leave it as it is.
Let the time uncover its past, forcing it will give more confusion to everyone.

[DarkDays]

Oh look, it's another one of these threads where absolutely no new information is discovered and Satoshi's identity still remains no closer to being solved.

@OP, did you really think you were the first person to make this thread? If not, then why bother? If anybody knew who he was, or there was indisputable proof one way or the other, it would be out there by now.

With that said, I wouldn't be surprised if Craig S. Wrights claims are actually true.

[sovie]

nowadays Satoshi's identity has turned into a source of income for different people! from these low quality website that keep creating clickbaits to the big scammers like CSW everyone is trying to make some money from it!
the worst part is that there has not been anything new for at least half a decade. everything is the repetition of all that has been rehashed a million times.

Thats true. Everyone is well aware of that faketoshi which is popular on bitcointalk.org also (lets not name him,so he can get more fame).

I think it doesnt matter now that who was Satoshi Nakamoto. There is no benefit we can get nor original satoshi if his ID is disclosed.

[coin-investor]

Oh look, it's another one of these threads where absolutely no new information is discovered and Satoshi's identity still remains no closer to being solved.

@OP, did you really think you were the first person to make this thread? If not, then why bother? If anybody knew who he was, or there was indisputable proof one way or the other, it would be out there by now.

With that said, I wouldn't be surprised if Craig S. Wrights claims are actually true.

With so many coming in again I would like to believe and support that Craig is the true one, every three or four months new guy coming in with a theory on who Satoshi is and a new project from that guy coming up, everything is predictable from these new so-called Satoshi, new twist new connection them a new fork or project, we need a new story, not a new guy coming in with a new project.

[Eclipse26]

The true identity of Satoshi does matter here in cryptocurrency especially he's the creator of bitcoin. But right now, looking for the real Satoshi doesn't have to be a thing. If he wants to reveal his real identity, he will do that. But forcing to look for the real one isn't appropriate. Let's respect what he wants. If he wants to remain anonymous, let him be. It's a big mystery that we should respect.

[Savemore]

The true identity of Satoshi does matter here in cryptocurrency especially he's the creator of bitcoin. But right now, looking for the real Satoshi doesn't have to be a thing. If he wants to reveal his real identity, he will do that. But forcing to look for the real one isn't appropriate. Let's respect what he wants. If he wants to remain anonymous, let him be. It's a big mystery that we should respect.

Satoshi's identity is not a problem for me and I do not have any concerns about him/her. There is nothing will change if he/she reveal his identity. There are now a lot of self proclaimed satoshi but I keep ignoring them. I just a mere trader who are always focusing on chart. The mystery of the identity is not my focus so I really do not know why it is a big deal for the other people.

[princesspoppy]

I think it is best for Mr. Satoshi Nakamoto to hide from fame and interests of people. There are many people who ask and are curious about him - some people who are thankful to him and maybe those who want to destroy him and bitcoin. We can't stop ourselves from thinking that some people really want to know Mr. Nakamoto because they want to know how he programmed and made bitcoin in order for them to know how to destroy it. Well, who knows. But I think hiding and not revealing himself to people is the best way he can/should do.

[Darooghe]

If I were Satoshi I would have hidden my identity. Thiefs and gangs on the other hand would probably have no problem murdering Satoshi for a chance at however many bitcoins he has. also, If I were Satoshi I would be more worried about dictators and terrorists governments than any western government. There may be oligarchs within western governments that are against bitcoin, but the majority hopefully are coming round to the idea that it is just another asset to be held or traded. I think he did the right thing to keep himself anonymous.

[hatshepsut93]

the worst part is that there has not been anything new for at least half a decade. everything is the repetition of all that has been rehashed a million times.

This is actually the best part, because it means that Satoshi has hid himself really well, and I truly hope that he will never be uncovered, unless he himself decides to reveal himself. Privacy is one of the main values of the cypherpunk movement, so true bitcoiners should respect Satoshi's privacy instead of trying to deanonymize him like some people do.