If you thought you had found the real satoshi with 99.9% certainty ...

[gentlemand]

I'm terrible at keeping secrets so I hope it ain't me.

And I'd also be annoyed at him for being slack enough to put me in that position.

Straight to Fox News it is then. I'd give him a 30 minute head start.

[BitcoinFX]

No.

I think satoshi deserves his privacy if he were to decided to come forward it would be best done on his own merit rather than being exposed as satoshi.

I would think we're on the same page here BitcoinFX

 

If you know, you know ...

...

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_privacy

"The right to privacy is our right to keep a domain around us, which includes all those things that are part of us, such as our body, home, property, thoughts, feelings, secrets, and identity. The right to privacy gives us the ability to choose which parts in this domain can be accessed by others and to control the extent, manner, and timing of the use of those parts we choose to disclose."

Yael Onn, et al., Privacy in the Digital Environment, Haifa Center of Law & Technology, (2005) pp. 1–12

...

"Each individual is continually engaged in a personal adjustment process in which he balances the desire for privacy with the desire for disclosure and communication of himself to others, in light of the environmental conditions and social norms set by the society in which he lives."

— Alan Westin, Privacy and Freedom, 1968

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"In the future, everyone will want to be anonymous for fifteen minutes." — Banksy

[FlightyPouch]

I will not be revealing him, but that is so hard to contain. He is one of the mystery of the internet. For a long period of time, no one can actually discover the identity this person or group and if you actually found him that would be something that I wouldn't contain, but I should be. I respected his leave, we don't know him so he might have his own reason for that.

[Lucius]

I am sure that although everyone will say that they would not reveal his identity, some might change their minds if, say, someone offered a rather generous reward for that information. Money is the biggest motivator after all, and I might ask the question in the poll as follows: "Would you reveal the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto for the $1 million prize paid out in BTC?"

If the offer also contained guaranteed anonymity, I would like to see who would be consistent with the idea of "I respect his privacy".

[BitcoinFX]

I am sure that although everyone will say that they would not reveal his identity, some might change their minds if, say, someone offered a rather generous reward for that information. Money is the biggest motivator after all, and I might ask the question in the poll as follows: "Would you reveal the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto for the $1 million prize paid out in BTC?"

If the offer also contained guaranteed anonymity, I would like to see who would be consistent with the idea of "I respect his privacy".

How about a 'reverse' game of BTC hangman ...

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangman_(game)

Two Bitcoin addresses ...

$1 million in BTC to guess a letter

$1 million in BTC to destroy a letter

[BitcoinFX]

I'm terrible at keeping secrets so I hope it ain't me.

And I'd also be annoyed at him for being slack enough to put me in that position.

Straight to Fox News it is then. I'd give him a 30 minute head start.

Re: Still "Finding Satoshi" then ...
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5165538.msg54950273#msg54950273

"Go" ...

[minairia3]

Nice question OP. As much as I wanted divulged his identity, I know the consequence that will occured. But knowing him 99.9 percent would be an honor for me to finally meet him.

There is a guy last time posted here on forum about asking theymos for bitcoin in return of telling the real Satoshi. But unfortunately no one will be interested instead the thread become a troll one. Im sure its deleted now.

[yazher]

Every rightful minded person who was engaging in the crypto industry has their respect for the founder of this community and the creator of Bitcoin except for those who have criticized him lately and those who pretend to be him. I think the only person who reveal Satoshi, is this man.



Who has been mistaken for so many years for being the only result to be found when searching google image for Satoshi. so that he can finally clear his name without a doubt.

[Vatimins]

     Again with this. Seriously. The guy doesn't want to be found. If he wanted to, it would be too easy to find him. But since it has proven to be difficult for most of the people to find out who satoshi nakamoto really is, then he obviously put effort in staying hidden for all these years. He never even touched his wallet. I just wish people would just respect the guy's wishes and let him be. Of course we admire the creation, but it's not like it would be impossible to continue to admire bitcoins just because we don't know the real identify of the creator. Just a piece of my mind.

[BitcoinFX]

    Again with this. Seriously. The guy doesn't want to be found. If he wanted to, it would be too easy to find him. But since it has proven to be difficult for most of the people to find out who satoshi nakamoto really is, then he obviously put effort in staying hidden for all these years. He never even touched his wallet. I just wish people would just respect the guy's wishes and let him be. Of course we admire the creation, but it's not like it would be impossible to continue to admire bitcoins just because we don't know the real identify of the creator. Just a piece of my mind.

Your response is purely "mythopoeia" ...

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythopoeia

"... "myth-making") is a narrative genre in modern literature and film where a fictional or artificial mythology is created by the writer of prose or other fiction ..."

Who or what told you Satoshi Nakamoto did not want to be found? The media? The myth?

Last time I checked satoshi had only decided to "move onto other things" ...

Perhaps it is relatively simple to find satoshi !? You just didn't find satoshi, so you think its difficult !?

Satoshi never spent from the assumed "savings" addresses, although could quite easily be spending from later wallets.

Maybe satoshi does not have as many Bitcoins as people think !?

People "assume" a lot of things !

[BitcoinFX]

Every rightful minded person who was engaging in the crypto industry has their respect for the founder of this community and the creator of Bitcoin except for those who have criticized him lately and those who pretend to be him. I think the only person who reveal Satoshi, is this man.

...snip... Image of Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto ...snip...

Who has been mistaken for so many years for being the only result to be found when searching google image for Satoshi. so that he can finally clear his name without a doubt.

Mar 25, 2014,02:55pm EDT
Nakamoto's Neighbor: My Hunt For Bitcoin's Creator Led To A Paralyzed Crypto Genius

- https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2014/03/25/satoshi-nakamotos-neighbor-the-bitcoin-ghostwriter-who-wasnt/#5b4354f84a37

"... I ask Finney if he has any connection to Dorian Nakamoto, the man Newsweek has a week earlier named as the creator of Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that has come to represent an entirely new digital form of money, and whose total value has risen as high as $16 billion at some points over the last year.

His eyes glance downward again, and this time Finney grins. His son Jason explains that involuntary movements are less affected by ALS than voluntary ones; Finney can't easily smile on command for a photograph, but he can smile when he's amused, and he's clearly amused by my questions. ..."

...

"What are the odds in a country as large as ours, or as large as California is, or even as large as the general LA area is, that [Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto] and Hal Finney both live(d) in Temple City at the same time, about 1.6 miles from each other?" my contact wrote. "Did they know each other socially, through some club? Did one help the other?"

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Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto is not Satoshi Nakamoto. He made it very clear indeed.

A California man named Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto denies having anything to do with Bitcoin.
- https://youtu.be/3dje9JyIjSc

As did the 'real' Satoshi ...

Dorian Nakamoto: I Am Not the Creator of Bitcoin
- https://mashable.com/2014/03/07/dorian-nakamoto-bitcoin/

"Perhaps even more tellingly, Satoshi Nakamoto's account on P2P Foundation forums, posted for the first time in 4 years, simply stating: "I am not Dorian Nakamoto." The person behind the account gave no further clues to what his real identity is."

[john_nautica]

I would choose not to reveal his identity because I respect his privacy. There are reasons why he hid his identity all these years. And I am not in a position who get to just disrespect his decision and cause trouble to him.

[frankenmint]

If you thought you had found the real satoshi with 99.9% certainty would you reveal the identity?

Vote Yes or No?

Discuss ...

at minimum its a good dude and probably has some stories to tell us like why he chose that specific sentence or likes that newspaper or what his decisions were for doing what he did. Is he doing okay and well.  We suspect something like a house-fire happened and that those coins are gone and we have your condolences if so.  I'd be willing to give that person some bitcoin as would others to make sure they were taken care of and well as bitcoin has become a larger part of our lives and ultimately has taken care of us as well. So, yes, I'm keeping his identity a secret because he's likely a good friend if I knew him.

[famososMuertos]

A friend does not betray a project like bitcoin is worth much more than revealing whether Yes / No the identity, I think that when we learn to value bitcoin beyond its commercial value, we begin to understand that it is not really important to know who is SN.. In fact it would be the most stupid mistake anyone can make, because in a way the result of not knowing who is SN represents one of the principles of bitcoin.

Sometimes I think how they still do not know that the identity of SN is in each block that is mined.

[Rengga Jati]

BIG NO.
Satoshi has been trying to hide his true identity so that it is not known by anyone. Surely this must have a good reason. Not only automatically to be a secret.
Therefore, should we open it to the public? It's the same as not thanking Satoshi.
And what's more, it's no use to me personally, unless Satoshi himself wants to open it.

[electronicash]

you'd probably the best internet detective to find satoshi. would you be compensated if you find him? regardless you could enjoy the fame once you find him and prove that its really him. very hard to prove its him when satoshi can deny its him and so good luck to that 99.9 certainty.

the best chance is an alt of Craig Wright will come to this thread to prove he had found himself.

[acroman08]

Every rightful minded person who was engaging in the crypto industry has their respect for the founder of this community and the creator of Bitcoin except for those who have criticized him lately and those who pretend to be him. I think the only person who reveal Satoshi, is this man.
-snip

Who has been mistaken for so many years for being the only result to be found when searching google image for Satoshi. so that he can finally clear his name without a doubt.

I remember watching a 1 on 1 interview about Dorian Nakamoto back in 2019. I kind of feel bad for him when his life was affected negatively when he was mistakenly identified as Satoshi Nakamoto, in one part of his interview he said that he lost a lot of job opportunity during the time that he was mistakenly identified as a satoshi, he said the company wouldn't hire him because of the "scandal" that he might be satoshi. because of people obsession with Nakamoto's real Identity a man's life has been affected because of it.

[Stedsm]

I'm not a stupid like John FucAfee who can do anything for money and I bet if he knew the identity of Satoshi, then Satoshi would himself/herself/themselves be the most stupid person to believe that ass. I'd never reveal his identity but would go to him to discuss things on how to maintain the ecosystem and how to keep the focus on the ideas which Satoshi brought to the community. I'd never reveal his identity because if I were him, I'd never want to let anyone know about myself but my findings. My research would work as my identity (same as how Satoshi did) and I'd rather keep a distance from everyone but work from behind the scenes. @OP, a personal suggestion here, please add a third option in the poll - Never.

[Nhor1011]

Of course not. I will not allow myself to interfere in the life of Satoshi Nakamoto who chose to hide his identity since he was created the famous and valuable digital currency now. If ever i'll know him, i'll keep it secret as what he want. For me,we should respect the decision of other people like Satoshi  Nakamoto.

[BitcoinFX]

...snip...

@OP, a personal suggestion here, please add a third option in the poll - Never.

It's a binary option i.e. Never = No.