We should have a "who is satoshi" subforum

We should have a "who is satoshi" subforum, since it comes up so often.

Personally I think it could be Robert Tappan Morris Jr: Made the first internet worm - 1988.

His dad is an NSA encryption researcher.

If stylometric analysis was possible to be done with source code, we could do it.

I don't think it would be a good idea.
Satoshi through his actions made clear he wanted to stay anonymous, if we opened such space that would not invite people to read about his ideas or the technology behind Bitcoin, but rather it would be a place specifically used to speculate and try to trace his identity/location, etc.; which is something he did not want anyone to know. There is a bunch of ill-intended people who would like have his personal data...

In my personal opinion, it would be a lack of respect to him opening such space in the very forum he created to let the world know about Bitcoin while not using his real name.

Answer 1.

(source: internet search, I don't know the original source)

Answer 2.

Quote from: nintendo1889 on November 02, 2022, 04:21:23 PM

Personally I think it could be Robert Tappan Morris Jr: Made the first internet worm - 1988.

Unless a person is willing to come out and sign a message with one of the addresses "known to be Satoshi's", nobody will take him really serious.
Writing style, background and so on.. will be probably checked afterwards.

what for? Didn't you know, Craig Wright is the real Satoshi Nakamoto and everyone who claims that they are Satoshi is nothing but an impostor? I've seen a lot of Satoshi Nakamoto wannabes who have come here in the forum, but I know CSW is the one and only Satoshi Nakamoto.

anyway, joking aside, I know wanting to find out who Satoshi is can be exciting but the dude wants to be left alone/stay anonymous and we should give him that as a form of respect for what he created.

Stimulus: "Here's some C++ that will mark the start of a financial revolution that reshapes the world."

Response: "Thanks, but who are you? That's what I really want to know..."

Why do you think that such subforum is needed? We all know that Craig Wright is Satoshi. Ok, now seriously, this question appears on Bitcointalk sometimes, but such board isn't needed at all. You think that's Robert Tappan Morris, other people have different predictions. But what's the point of it when nobody won't be able to prove that they're right. It's just pointless speculation.

we don't need a sub-forum that discusses speculation about satoshi's identity, craig lovers will definitely spamming on that subforum.

Just like this one, right? The number of kinda threads you are talking isn't that huge in compare to other topics ^{(e.g. NFT subforum topic that has been suggested more often before, but that's not the case now)} that needs to have its subforum. But for this one? Nope. It's better to stick on bitcoin discussion.

You want theymos to create a subforum where spammers who are claiming to be Satoshi will concentrate and continue their spam and troll. People like bitcoinmosses and digital monk will be happy with your suggestions.

But thinking about your idea. Will Satoshi be happy with theymos if he finds out that theymos is the one championing the movement to unanonymize him in the forum he also created. Discovering who Satoshi is is not what we do here. We are all Satoshis.

It is just human nature to have a healthy curiosity about the things around us, and while this curiosity is often satisfied, sometimes it is not. That is just the way life works, and speculating on Satoshi Nakamoto isn't any different in that regard. It is true, there are a lot of threads like this. So why do you think such a sub-forum is needed? You see, there is no point in beating around the bush, Satoshi can prove who he is by signing an arbitrary message with his private key. But no one will be able to do it, and our conversation will be fruitless. Issues like this serve only to divide the community, and are not really relevant to development or issues of bitcoin at large. If you want to discuss Satoshi, just do so in general discussion. There are also some good threads you can check out if you want to read a bit more.

A "who is Satoshi"?
Look, the beauty of cryptography is decentralization. Satoshi himself, themselves, herself, itself didn't wanna be known; this reasons are partly know to deep Bitcoin researchers. .....and I said 'PARTLY'. AFAIK, there are some personal reasons to which he choosed setting up the system like what we have now; for sure, it's primarily -- the most important aspect in ensuring utmost security and surveillance -- Pseudonymity.
So I'll say a NO to that appraisal. I would really love that in place but, we'll have other peeps coming down here just to acquire a knowledge behind the whole, BIG MYSTERY -- pseudonymity. That ofcourse would need Satoshi himself to be present which, is somewhat impossible.

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Why do you think such a subforum would be beneficial? It would be a bad idea in my opinion. There are already some good threads that you can check out if you want to read a bit more about Satoshi. Just follow the white rabbit.

Many people keep creating thread about Satoshi while Satoshi himself doesn't want to expose his own personal information to public, so there's no reason for theymos to create sub forum about Satoshi. This is similar like many newbie keep creating merit fishing thread about merit or forum rule on Beginner & Help section, do we need to create sub forum specific for useless discussion? Nope, it's will lead become a spam festival.

OP, I can probably take the liberty and speak for Theymos here and tell you to just forget it, there's not going to be any new section for that question. It's a thread topic, not something that deserves a whole section devoted to it, which would most likely turn into an offshoot of Politics & Society with conspiracy theories running rampant.

Weren't the last two sections added to the forum Serious Discussion and Ivory Tower (not including new local boards)? That was years ago, and last I checked those weren't even very popular with the group that they were intended for. My point is that I don't think Theymos is planning on adding any more new sections unless some topic is so hot that it absolutely cries out for its own.

Unnecessary. A single megathread would do.

Also, there are far better ways of spending time than hunting for Satoshi. Finding who he/she/they is/are won't do us any good in the first place (assuming we actually find out in the end).

Quote from: nintendo1889 on November 02, 2022, 04:21:23 PM

We should have a "who is satoshi" subforum

There is already: click

Unofficially, we have this one: I gathered every Satoshi Nakamoto thread.

If you see any new topics about this, please leave a link to that topic, the OP might consider to update it.

I don't see reason to have another collective topic about that or a new sub-forum / child-board (more accurately) for that.

My suggestion, if you want, you can classify collective topics into different categories such as real identity, satoshi's bitcoins, satoshi's opinion, etc.

Look at Beginners & Help Encyclopedia for more ideas. By the approach, you can rename the topic of BlackHatCoiner to "Satoshi Nakamoto-related Encylopedia"

Quote from: nintendo1889 on November 02, 2022, 04:21:23 PM

If you are really into it that kind, just make a subreddit in Reddit. You're just going to fill in the blanks on the fields needed to start such subs.
It is at least the thing that could meet your needs if you're really into it. Invite your friends to it so you could discuss 'who is satoshi' and all those conspiracy theories you could think of.

Otherwise, there's not much option you have since that is simply just a megathread topic like mk4 mentioned.

Quote from: nintendo1889 on November 02, 2022, 04:21:23 PM

We should have a "who is satoshi" subforum, since it comes up so often.

What we really need is more forum members who will report such threads to the moderators and prevent pointless discussions, at least in the Bitcoin discussion. As for those who claim to be Satoshi, I already wrote that I would give them 24 hours to prove it, and if they fail to do so, they would be permanently banned. Freedom of speech has nothing to do with misleading someone into thinking you are someone you are not.