Nobel prize for Satoshi.

[Flyingjack123]

I was scouting through internet and i came across this very interesting post on if Satoshi deserve a Nobel prize.
Infact many forums had discussed it
Infact a professor  Bhagwan Chowdhry at the University of California in the United States presented the proposal of Nobel prize for Satoshi stating that technology presented by Satoshi is the most significant development of the 21st Century and will have immense implications in the way finance will be conducted in the future

Personally i believe that Satoshi do deserve nobel prize for his work.
Especially after recent Ukraine crisis when we saw how donations could pour in in bitcoin. We saw how bitcoin can help people in events of war when banks were either closed or had frozen accounts.. People were homeless and short of money. We saw how bitcoin helped war affected people to overcome financial barriers and this showed the true potential of bitcoin and how it can support financial support and financial inclusion of poor and needy.

I believe for such a great contribution to science and humanity Satoshi do deserve a price, even when he is anonymous.

I request members to express their opinion as well.

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[Kemarit]

I don't know, we even don't know who Satoshi in the first place so how can we award him the Nobel prize? Is he just a single individual or group of person who created Bitcoin?

I guess it will be better if we leave it that way, we don't need to attract more attention. It has accomplished what it needs to be done in the last 10 years and it continue to grow. For sure Satoshi might not in favor of this one as he really doesn't want to be in the limelight.

[NeuroticFish]

Personally i believe that Satoshi do deserve nobel prize for his work.

Indeed, Satoshi deserves at least one Nobel prize for his work.

But there's a "logistics" problem. Satoshi's identity is not known, even more, the world is full of Satoshi impersonators/wannabes. And I would not be surprised one of those will try to go to get the prize. And such development has the potential to end up badly for both the bitcoin community and the organizers too.

[romero121]

Satoshi deserve Nobel Prize, even after a decade no one is able to find the identity. Even if the organisers and jury take this into consideration the prize won't be received by the respective person. Each and every member of the forum will have the same thought and wish he gets Nobel Prize.

For now we can't do anything more to get him Nobel Prize. For now we can add a Nobel Prize badge to his Bitcointalk account through which he made his discussions. Maybe in future if the identity gets revealed, community can work for the real Nobel Prize.

[Out of PATIENCE]

If anything, Bitcoin should get a nobel prize, not Satoshi. Certainly Satoshi deserves credit, but he doesn't want it, doesn't need it, and had plenty of help along the way. Makes more sense to give the prize to Bitcoin. It can be done, irregardless of Nobel prize requirements - which I'd add would be perfectly in line with Bitcoin's nature of breaking through traditional requirements of finance.

[DeathAngel]

He does deserve one but these awards usually are only granted posthumously. Also, I don’t actually know how it would be given to Satoshi as he’s anonymous & it most likely isn’t even his real name. It’s a great idea & I would love him to get the recognition he deserves but I don’t think it’s possible. He probably also doesn’t even want it as part of the reason why bitcoin is so good is because there is no CEO, no owner.

[348Judah]

I believe for such a great contribution to science and humanity Satoshi do deserve a price, even when he is anonymous

The only thing he deserves from us that is mkre than a noble price is the adoption of the use of bitcoin and helping others through the same process to have their freedom back in handling their finances, just as you've said, he's anonymous and how can you present a gift to an anonymous person without seeing him, but rather he expect us to build on the foundation he had laid and maintain it to generations, bitcoin has serve us a general and unique purpose inbthe world entirely and everyone has felt it impacts in one way or the other and we must ensure we defend it to remain decentralized away from various people claiming to be fake Satoshi just as the news is trending.

[mindrust]

Nobody knows his real identity so I don't think it is possible. They won't give the prize to someone they don't know anything about. At least that what makes sense. We don't even know if satoshi is a person or a group of people. Satoshi don't even need that prize anyway. Receiving or not receiving nobel prize don't make any difference for us or him. So many crypto people won't even care.

[Lucius]

Why does anyone think that the Nobel Prize is relevant at all after it was awarded to Barack Obama, who at that time was the president of the US for only about eight months and did not in any way contribute to peace in the world? Satoshi was (or still is) an honest man who does not deserve to have his name anywhere near the Nobel prize.

The biggest reward for him is that Bitcoin managed to survive despite all attempts to destroy it, and that is much more valuable than any award from the old corrupt farts from the Nobel committee.

[yazher]

He maybe gets a Nobel prize but he might put his life in danger because of the number of people coming to get him or they might force him to do some bad things about Bitcoins. The guy already chooses to leave all of the fame and compliments from the people all around the world, maybe for him, it's enough to see that people appreciate his works and the most important thing is, the goal of why he created bitcoin is now recognized and slowly become reality.

[mk4]

He maybe gets a Nobel prize but he might put his life in danger because of the number of people coming to get him or they might force him to do some bad things about Bitcoins. The guy already chooses to leave all of the fame and compliments from the people all around the world, maybe for him, it's enough to see that people appreciate his works and the most important thing is, the goal of why he created bitcoin is now recognized and slowly become reality.

Lol as if Satoshi would actually break anonymity solely due to whatever prize. Like, all that tight opsec out of the window for a gold medal and $1m. Assuming Satoshi is alive, he definitely has enough funds to live comfortably for multiple lifetimes.

[un_rank]

He does deserve one but these awards usually are only granted posthumously.

That is incorrect. Nobel peace prizes are to the fact, only awarded to those who are alive^[1]. AFAIK, only once has it been awarded posthumously.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/oct/03/nobel-prize-awarded-dead-scientist

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[darkangel11]

If anything, Bitcoin should get a nobel prize, not Satoshi. Certainly Satoshi deserves credit, but he doesn't want it, doesn't need it, and had plenty of help along the way. Makes more sense to give the prize to Bitcoin. It can be done, irregardless of Nobel prize requirements - which I'd add would be perfectly in line with Bitcoin's nature of breaking through traditional requirements of finance.

AFAIK it's the inventors that get awarded not inventions.

There's really no way to contact Satoshi and let him know about it, also no way to send him the reward if he ever wins.

Chowdhry has thought about the logistics, saying he’d be happy to accept the prize on behalf of the mysterious Nakamoto
https://qz.com/545949/satoshi-nakamoto-anonymous-creator-of-bitcoin-is-nominated-for-a-nobel-prize-in-economics/

This guy's making himself a proxy for someone he doesn't know and never contacted.

[m2017]

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Surely many who come into contact with the sphere of cryptocurrencies (not only developers and other specialties, but also ordinary investors) share your opinion that Satoshi Nakamoto undoubtedly deserves the Nobel Prize. But I can’t imagine how the award process would take place (as some in this thread have already noticed this). Maybe in absentia? Of course, no one will come for the award, but if this award did occur, it would undoubtedly have a positive effect. Presenting an award of this magnitude would mean almost official recognition of bitcoin and would certainly attract the attention of people who have not even heard anything about bitcoin.

[Z-tight]

Not that the Nobel prize would mean much for the bitcoin community, but even if they could give it to an anonymous personality, can Satoshi receive or earn it? Because as far as i know, the Nobel prize award is a yearly or annual award, so the winners are people that met their criteria for the award the previous year, Satoshi's invention was created about 13 years ago, and didn't receive too many positive recognition in the beginning phase, until after a few years later, so if Satoshi was ever eligible for the Nobel prize award wouldn't it have been in 2010, that is if bitcoin had met their criteria the preceding year of creation.

I don't feel there is a suitable field to categorize Satoshi's creation under the different fields in which the award is giving, if there was an award in the field of 'finance' or 'technology', then i probably think that will suit bitcoin.

The Nobel prizes are a series of annual awards given in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace.

[rby]

I don't feel there is a suitable field to categorize Satoshi's creation under the different fields in which the award is giving, if there was an award in the field of 'finance' or 'technology', then i probably think that will suit bitcoin.

The Nobel prizes are a series of annual awards given in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace.

Satoshi deserves every award giving him or proposed for him, even if there is no category to put the award, a category should be created for him. He deserves whatever award. Another question should be who will recieve the award on behalf of Satoshi, since he is anonymous?
That is where I'm seeing a little challenge.
With good thinking, it will also not be a problem because I have seen where Satoshi statue was raised, even without knowing who Satoshi is.

[crypto_curious]

Personally i believe that Satoshi do deserve nobel prize for his work.

Indeed, Satoshi deserves at least one Nobel prize for his work.

But there's a "logistics" problem. Satoshi's identity is not known, even more, the world is full of Satoshi impersonators/wannabes. And I would not be surprised one of those will try to go to get the prize. And such development has the potential to end up badly for both the bitcoin community and the organizers too.

Impostor Craig Wright would be first in line to get it. 

[Yogee]

I don't think highly of Nobel prize anymore but why not give it to the pioneers or founders of cryptography first before thinking about Satoshi? That doesn't mean he doesn't deserve such recognition - no doubt the creation of Bitcoin is great - but there are aldo people like David Chaum who received multiple awards throughout his career but never Nobel right?

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Impostor Craig Wright would be first in line to get it. 

No doubt about that hehehe. He wouldn't let anyone else be identified as Satoshi.

[GreatArkansas]

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I believe for such a great contribution to science and humanity Satoshi do deserve a price, even when he is anonymous.

I request members to express their opinion as well.

Satoshi Nakamoto indeed deserves it but we are still not sure if Satoshi Nakamoto is only one person or a group of people, we will not know this at the moment. And another thing is can we award a noble prize to a person that is anonymous or unidentified?
Overall, whoever and whenever Satoshi Nakamoto now is, he/they are really proud on Bitcoin now.

[DapanasFruit]

Considering the impact that the blockchain technology and Bitcoin both created for many people today and into the future, yes I think Satoshi Nakamoto deserves a Nobel prize but I am not sure if the body governing Nobel can be able to award a recognition to someone who is generally an anonymous. I think Nobel can award to someone who is already dead but am not so sure with a person whose details are not so clearly verified. Well, am hoping that at the right time Satoshi Nakamoto can get this most prestigious award but then again the man is not really after such a recognition...the current popularity of the blockchain and Bitcoin is enough for the man wherever he is.