Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? Candidates!

[alani123]

If Adam is Satoshi, he must have been good at roleplay also because for so many years he pretended to have email back and forths with satoshi and participate in mailing lists as someone else while satoshi was still around.

Does he have so much time in his hands? I think not.

On the other hand, he might be part of a group that was satoshi. If true or not, we might never know because it should be part of a good gentleman's agreement to never share the truth. The closed circle that knows this might die without ever revealing the truth. If the circle was sufficiently small enough, nobody ever might know.

[Lucius]

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Satoshi Nakamoto is none other than Adam Back!!!    

The man has stated multiple times that he is not Satoshi, so what's the point of your "discoveries"? I don't know where you were born or how you were raised, but everyone has the right to privacy, and a person like Satoshi has even more than others.

Even if someone had irrefutable evidence of who Satoshi is, they should keep quiet about it. You who are constantly digging and looking for secrets that should remain buried obviously have no idea what you are doing.

[FortuneFollower]

Even if the person you think is Satoshi is truly him - what it would bring to us and you too?

[MArsland]

So, who is Satoshi Nakamoto?

Satoshi Nakamoto is none other than Adam Back!!!    

OP I respect your belief in Satoshi's identity, but what are you going to do after this? Won't you dare buy Bitcoin? Because once you acknowledge Adam Back, he'll be easily traced at any time if he makes any suspicious transactions.

Just show me one piece of evidence that Adam Back owns Satoshi wallet. I just want you to prove it. Without having to go back and forth and compare all his past activities. Isn't it easy for Adam Back to prove his ownership?
We have heard this claim many times from many figures who claim to be Satoshi but ultimately end up at the same point where all of them cannot prove anything.

[hero_the_bossman]

So, who is Satoshi Nakamoto?

Satoshi Nakamoto is none other than Adam Back!!!    

OP I respect your belief in Satoshi's identity, but what are you going to do after this? Won't you dare buy Bitcoin? Because once you acknowledge Adam Back, he'll be easily traced at any time if he makes any suspicious transactions.

Just show me one piece of evidence that Adam Back owns Satoshi wallet. I just want you to prove it. Without having to go back and forth and compare all his past activities. Isn't it easy for Adam Back to prove his ownership?
We have heard this claim many times from many figures who claim to be Satoshi but ultimately end up at the same point where all of them cannot prove anything.

Speculations made for making speculations, unfortunately.

And I agree with your point - even if Satoshi is found - what from it?

[nakamura12]

No matter how many times someone can say that this person is Satoshi Nakamoto is that there will always be someone who will ask for proof and if it didn't prove then it's just a speculation. Well anyway, if it's really proven like adam back sign a message with the wallet then what's next?.  How will you show that adam back did sign the wallet of Satoshi Nakamoto then we can say that it's really him since he did sign a message with the wallet which can already prove that he is SN or else he is just another Faketoshi.

[Hanadawa]

On the other hand, he might be part of a group that was satoshi. If true or not, we might never know because it should be part of a good gentleman's agreement to never share the truth. The closed circle that knows this might die without ever revealing the truth. If the circle was sufficiently small enough, nobody ever might know.

Although some say Satoshi wasn't one person but a group, I believe Satoshi was an individual. If Satoshi were a group, I doubt they could have kept this secret for years, as Bitcoin gained worldwide attention. It's hard to believe everyone in Satoshi's group agreed to keep this secret for their entire lives, even within a small circle. Some people have contacted Satoshi through his Bitcointalk account, but so far I haven't found any articles or references to anyone who has met Satoshi in person. I even wonder if Satoshi has passed away and left his legacy behind. Or perhaps he's still alive, but never moved Bitcoin in his early wallets because he has so many other wallets.

[BTCETFInvestor]

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[Marykeller]

What again? Should we clap or dance to these findings of who you thought the real Satoshi is? Nevertheless, Adam Back being the real Satoshi from your findings is not making the world go gaga over him. What does that signal to you? Nobody accepts him as the one(the real Satoshi). So, you should better let go of the idea of him being the one. Satoshi can just be Adam Back, and Adam Back can't be Satoshi. Adam Back knows that. They are two different human beings

[coolcoinz]

All the evidence that you present can be turner around.

Think about a situation where some brilliant individual (also British) reads Adam's work and contacts him to tell him about his idea of a p2p currency. He then dies in an accident, or due to cancer or something and disappears. People die in car accidents every single day and if these people have no close relatives nobody even remembers them or cares to check their personal belongings. It all gets trashed.

Chances are Satoshi's computer is in a dumpster somewhere, or got recycled.

[BTCETFInvestor]

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[AmaGold70]

Even Satoshi nakamoto himself knows that it is too risky to reveal himself as the father of Bitcoin hence the reason why he has remained anonymous till date, anyone that has the guts to claim that they are Satoshi is obviously a fraud. Even in the crypto space everyone has concealed their identity for security reasons, however, I don't think it matters anymore who that real Satoshi is, whether it is Adam back or Mike hearn Bitcoin community should move on from searching for Satoshi nakamoto because man clearly said from his last message that he has moved on to other things.

[BTCETFInvestor]

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[btcnbegun]

...he might be part of a group that was satoshi. If true or not, we might never know because it should be part of a good gentleman's agreement to never share the truth. The closed circle that knows this might die without ever revealing the truth. If the circle was sufficiently small enough, nobody ever might know.

Nick Szabo or Wei Dai strongly stand out as being the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto - - but if Nick Szabo or Wei Dai is not Satoshi Nakamoto then you might be right about Satoshi actually being a group or team of people - no doubt all cypherpunks and absolute cryptography geniuses.  

I think 'Satoshi' could have been made up of either Nick Szabo or Wei Dai along with a few of these people (listed below) with either Nick Szabo, Wei Dai or David Schwartz the mastermind of Bitcoin. Satoshi clearly had help from Arthur Britts, Jed McCaleb and with hands-on help from Gavin Andresen - and contributions from the likes of Adam Back and Mike Hearn, as well as help from now deceased Len Sassaman and Hal Finney.  

Nick Szabo *
Wei Dai *
David Schwartz *
Arthur Britto
Jed McCaleb
Gavin Andresen
Ryan Fugger

Tip: Ripple (XRP) is a byproduct of the Bitcoin experiment created by David Schwartz, Arthur Britto and Jed McCaleb.

Reviewing the academic literature cited by satoshi and after analyzing how he constructed Bitcoin. Likely started with the timestamp server and adding proof of work afterwards. The monetary supply elements are kind of a third dynamic here piggybacking on top of both. Ryan Fugger is a better candidate.

[melinoe]

What again? Should we clap or dance to these findings of who you thought the real Satoshi is? Nevertheless, Adam Back being the real Satoshi from your findings is not making the world go gaga over him. What does that signal to you? Nobody accepts him as the one(the real Satoshi). So, you should better let go of the idea of him being the one. Satoshi can just be Adam Back, and Adam Back can't be Satoshi. Adam Back knows that. They are two different human beings

The attention the OP got from the revelation would be enough

In all honesty, I agree - but these posts keep coming back no matter what, be it this year or years ago..

[dezoel]

I still have some belief that Hal Finney could be satoshi, and the time Satoshi never wrote ever again, looks like it fits perfectly with the death of Hal Finney. To be fair he is cryopreserved, so if one day technology reaches a point where we can return those people (it really won't ) then we will hear the real answer.

However, I am one of those people who believe that, satoshi would have said he is who is if he could, so I believe Hal Finney is, not because I have any proof, but because I believe satoshi is gone. He could be jailed, he could be dead, he could be anything but freely roaming among us right now. That I won't believe, because if he was, then I bet that his human side would make him at least write one thing, and not be so silent.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

It certainly stands to reason that 'if' Hal Finney was indeed our mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto he very likely would have 'called it quits' due to his declining health from ALS around April, 2011, which is when he was last heard from. Hal Finney died of ALS August 28, 2014.

Hal Finney is not Satoshi Nakamoto and there are evidences to prove it that is also agreed by many people.

If you disagree with it and want to prove that Hal Finney is Satoshi Nakamoto, you will have to debunk information written in this post.
Hal Finney is not Satoshi Nakamoto.

A video presentation on Slaying Satoshi by Jameson Lopp.

[roemer]

I think the real question is who has control of the wallet and not so much who is satoshi himself...

[arabspaceship123]

There's topics about Satoshi but users are posting about Satoshi's identity again like it's a mystery they've got to solve. If Satoshi's btc hasn't moved your speculating. Why's anybody going to have control of Satoshi's wallets they belong to Satoshi ?

I think the real question is who has control of the wallet and not so much who is satoshi himself...

[melinoe]

There's topics about Satoshi but users are posting about Satoshi's identity again like it's a mystery they've got to solve. If Satoshi's btc hasn't moved your speculating. Why's anybody going to have control of Satoshi's wallets they belong to Satoshi ?

I think the real question is who has control of the wallet and not so much who is satoshi himself...

Because people love to speculate more than anything, it's a never-changing truth