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January 13, 2012, 07:43:48 PM Last edit: January 13, 2012, 11:01:18 PM by Phinnaeus Gage |
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Is it possible that the mathematician we know as Satoshi Nakamoto can be found here: http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/And if so, I think the real identity can be gleaned in less than 24 hours. I've narrowed the list down to 114 candidates by searching the keyword 'cryptography' generating the results shown here: http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/results.php? A new list can be created if one searches a different keyword or phrase here: http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/search.phpThe list can easily be whittled down by eliminating names of women, if that's a safe assumption. The idea is that somebody here may recognize a name, thus putting two and two together--connecting the dots, if you will. Even if this proves to be a dead end, I believe something could come out of the use of this site. It's the first time I've encountered it and find it rather fascinating. ~Bruno~ Whittling the list: 2009 Graduates in Pink Your search has found 114 records in our database.
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Adhikari, Avishek Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata 2004 Applebaum, Benny Technion-Israel Institute of Technology 2007 Arrighi, Pablo University of Cambridge 2004 Avoine, Gildas École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne 2005 Aydos, Murat Oregon State University 2001 Baier, Harald Technische Universität Darmstadt 2002 Bak, Daniella City University of New York 2000 Barak, Boaz Weizmann Institute of Science 2004 Batina, Lejla Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 2005 Benits, Jr., Waldyr Royal Holloway, University of London 2008 Bentahar, Kamel University of Bristol 2008
Bisson, Gaetan Technische Universiteit Eindhoven 2011
Bisson, Gaetan Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine 2011 Bone, Eric Brandeis University 2004 Boneh, Dan Princeton University 1996 Brassard, Gilles Cornell University 1979 (Too Old?)
Bregman, Ido Hebrew University 2009
Broadbent, Anne Université de Montréal 2008 Cachin, Christian Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich 1997
Chandran, Nishanth University of California, Los Angeles 2011 Chee, Yeow Meng University of Waterloo 1996 Chor, Ben-Zion Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1985 Ciet, Mathieu Université Catholique de Louvain 2003 Cohen, Aaron University of Minnesota-Minneapolis 2007 Condie, Leisa University of New South Wales 1992 Cusak, Charles University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2000 Damgĺrd, Ivan Aarhus University 1988
Dechene, Isabelle McGill University 2005 Desmedt, Yvo Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 1984 Dodis, Yevgeniy Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2000 Döring, Martin Technische Universität Darmstadt 2008 Doumen, Jeroen Technische Universiteit Eindhoven 2003 Eagle, Philip Royal Holloway, University of London 2008 Fernández Rúa, Ignacio Universidad de Oviedo 2004 Freeman, David University of California, Berkeley 2008 Freking, William University of Minnesota-Minneapolis 2000 Gastaud Gallagher, Nicolas Georgia Institute of Technology 2007 Giuliani, Kenneth University of Waterloo 2005 Green, Matthew The Johns Hopkins University 2008 Greenfield, Jonathan Syracuse University 1993 Grundy, Dan University of Kent, Canterbury 2008 Gysin, Marc University of Wollongong 1998 Halsey, James North Carolina State University 1970 (Too Old?) Hardjono, Thomas University of New South Wales 1991
Heindl, Raymond Clemson University 2009 Henhapl, Birgit Technische Universität Darmstadt 2003 Herzog, Jonathan Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2004
Hitt, Laura University of Texas at Austin 2007
Hsiao, Chun-Yuan Boston University Graduate School 2010
Juma, Ali University of Toronto 2011 Kaliski, Jr., Burton Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1988 Kalka, Arkadius Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2007
Kanukurthi, Bhavana Boston University Graduate School 2011 Kaps, Jens-Peter Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2006
Karabina, Koray University of Waterloo 2010 Khadra, Anmar University of Waterloo 2004 Kiayias, Aggelos City University of New York 2002 Klima, Richard North Carolina State University 1997 Klimov, Alexander Weizmann Institute of Science 2005 Ködmön, József University of Debrecen 2005 Koskinen, Jukka Lappeenranta University of Technology 1994 Kumar, Sandeep Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2006
Laskari, Elena University of Patras 2010 Liskov, Moses Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2004
Livne, Noam Weizmann Institute of Science 2010
Lu, Steve University of California, Los Angeles 2009
Mashatan, Atefeh University of Waterloo 2009 Maurer, Ueli Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich 1990 Minder, Lorenz École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne 2007 Mironov, Ilya Stanford University 2003 Möller, Bodo Technische Universität Darmstadt 2003 Monico, Christopher University of Notre Dame 2002
Montanari, Andrea Universitŕ degli Studi di Perugia 2010 Moran, Tal Weizmann Institute of Science 2008 Myers, Steven University of Toronto 2005 Nance, Jr., John North Carolina State University 1972 (Too Old?) Neat, Charlie University of California, Los Angeles 1975 (Too Old?) Overbeck, Raphael Technische Universität Darmstadt 2007
Papakonstantinou, Periklis University of Toronto 2010 Park, Je-Hong Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology 2004 Park, Seung Kook University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2007 Peralta, Rene University of California, Berkeley 1985
Peters, Christiane Technische Universiteit Eindhoven 2011
Petkova, Maria Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 2009 Qu, Chengxin University of Wollongong 2000
Rŕfols, Carla Universitat Politčcnica de Catalunya 2011 Rhouma, Rhouma École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis 2008
Ritzenhofen, Maike Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2010 Rodriguez-Henriquez, Francisco Oregon State University 2000 Savas, Erkay Oregon State University 2000 Schaffner, Christian Aarhus University 2007 Scheidler, Renate University of Manitoba 1993
Schillewaert, Jeroen Universiteit Gent 2009
Schwabe, Peter Technische Universiteit Eindhoven 2011
Shaheen, Rasha Cairo University 2010
Shang, Ning Purdue University 2009 Shen, Shuo Purdue University 2007
Shershin, Carmen University of Miami 1982 Shokrollahi, Jamshid Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn 2006 Sigmon, Neil North Carolina State University 1995
Stebila, Douglas University of Waterloo 2009 Sunar, Berk Oregon State University 1998 Tawalbeh, Lo'ai Oregon State University 2004
Teague, Vanessa Stanford University 2005 Thomas, Tony Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 2006 Toli, Ilia Universitŕ di Pisa 2004
Wehner, Stephanie Universiteit van Amsterdam 2008 Weis, Stephen Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2006 Wolf, Christopher Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 2005 Wolf, Stefan Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich 1999
Wyseur, Brecht Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 2009 Yao, Chui Zhi University of California, Riverside 2008 Zuccherato, Robert University of Waterloo 1997 Zumbrägel, Jens Universität Zürich 2008 [/quote]
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January 13, 2012, 08:18:28 PM |
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I predict you will be assassinated before that 24 hours is up if you're correct. 8D
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Phinnaeus Gage (OP)
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January 13, 2012, 09:06:48 PM |
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I predict you will be assassinated before that 24 hours is up if you're correct. 8D
I've had real guns to my head before and even taunted one guy, screaming at him to pull the frickin' trigger, all to no avail. Maybe today I'll get lucky.
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Tuxavant
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January 13, 2012, 09:09:26 PM |
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I've had real guns to my head before and even taunted one guy, screaming at him to pull the frickin' trigger, all to no avail. Maybe today I'll get lucky.
Hahaha well you could always nominate yourself and make donations on an assassination market if you really wanted to make it happen. 8O or perhaps there is a more peaceful way out at kavorkiancoin.com?
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January 13, 2012, 09:13:43 PM |
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MagicalTux is Satoshi Nakamoto, of course. English speaker in Japan, who else would choose a Japanese name for a Pseudonym? Runs the big exchange and has extracted the forum from his former alias by "acquiring" it with MtGox...
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January 13, 2012, 09:41:10 PM Last edit: January 13, 2012, 10:43:30 PM by Phinnaeus Gage |
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So, what you're saying is that not one of the following could be Satoshi Nakamot? search 'cryptography' here: http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/search.php
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January 13, 2012, 09:52:48 PM |
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MIT has six people in that list, compared to my alma mater's five....
でも私も日本語が分ります。
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January 13, 2012, 09:58:06 PM |
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MIT has six people in that list, compared to my alma mater's five....
でもわたしも日本語がわかります。
Do you think Satoshi attended MIT?
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January 13, 2012, 10:02:11 PM |
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Do you think Satoshi attended MIT?
Note that the list is graduates in mathematics, not computer science or electrical and computer engineering.
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January 13, 2012, 10:07:55 PM Last edit: January 13, 2012, 10:30:52 PM by Phinnaeus Gage |
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Together, let's do process of elimination. I'm crossing out all 2010 and 2011 graduates, as well as names of women in list. Who else and why should I cross off a name? Should I cross off the 2009 graduates as well? What about certain universities?
I'm whittling down the list in the OP.
(the list was originally here)
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January 13, 2012, 10:22:21 PM |
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I'd say Satoshi Nakamoto is a pseudonym for something. Maybe a Thomas Nakamoto (I didn't decrypt that), or even something entirely different or unrelated. If he really cared about anonymity and cryptography, there would be some really elaborate scheme. I'm a firm believer that he is an active member of the community.
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If you love me, you'd give me a Satoshi! BTC - 1MSzGKh5znbrcEF2qTrtrWBm4ydH5eT49f LTC - LYeJrmYQQvt6gRQxrDz66XTwtkdodx9udz
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January 13, 2012, 10:27:37 PM |
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I'd say Satoshi Nakamoto is a pseudonym for something. Maybe a Thomas Nakamoto (I didn't decrypt that), or even something entirely different or unrelated. If he really cared about anonymity and cryptography, there would be some really elaborate scheme. I'm a firm believer that he is an active member of the community.
I believe that's he's active on this forum as well. In the mean time, give me a direction to whittle down this list, even if it's a dead end.
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January 13, 2012, 10:38:55 PM |
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Do you think Satoshi attended MIT?
Note that the list is graduates in mathematics, not computer science or electrical and computer engineering. Just saw your post. But it does show their interest in cryptography. http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/mission.phpPlease notice: Throughout this project when we use the word "mathematics" or "mathematician" we mean that word in a very inclusive sense. Thus, all relevant data from statistics, computer science, or operations research is welcome.
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January 13, 2012, 10:44:10 PM |
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MagicalTux is Satoshi Nakamoto, of course. English speaker in Japan, who else would choose a Japanese name for a Pseudonym? Runs the big exchange and has extracted the forum from his former alias by "acquiring" it with MtGox...
When I tried to say that they all jumped "crazy" on me. Probably true. In the end we find out all this was the most elaborate P&D ponzi scheme rivaling Bernie. Quite strage to go from trading Pokemons to Bitcoins, don't you think ?
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January 13, 2012, 11:03:12 PM |
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See who has an interest in proof-of-work, multiple hashing, partial hash collisions, merkle trees, randomness statistics, and maybe someone who has some wxWidgets programming or even Japanese in their coursework. Bonus hint: email spam micropayments.
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legolouman
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January 13, 2012, 11:04:26 PM |
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I'd say Satoshi Nakamoto is a pseudonym for something. Maybe a Thomas Nakamoto (I didn't decrypt that), or even something entirely different or unrelated. If he really cared about anonymity and cryptography, there would be some really elaborate scheme. I'm a firm believer that he is an active member of the community.
I believe that's he's active on this forum as well. In the mean time, give me a direction to whittle down this list, even if it's a dead end. That is a tough one. Generally, I don't think that the generalization you made of 'mathematics' was the way to go. Computer science would give the traits for cryptography and programming needed, but a true understanding of the cryptography may only come from mathematics. Maybe broadening your search while narrowing it is the way to go (makes sense, eh?) I think major- computer science minor- mathematics, cryptography (if possible) or something. It might just be some extreme genius with no formal training though. You can learn programming by yourself, but cryptography is a bit harder. IMO he had to have come from a 'big' school MIT or international equiv. Or no school at all. I also wouldn't want to knock the Japanese reference. Or the idea that this is all a crypt for us to decode.
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If you love me, you'd give me a Satoshi! BTC - 1MSzGKh5znbrcEF2qTrtrWBm4ydH5eT49f LTC - LYeJrmYQQvt6gRQxrDz66XTwtkdodx9udz
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January 13, 2012, 11:07:33 PM |
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MagicalTux is Satoshi Nakamoto, of course. English speaker in Japan, who else would choose a Japanese name for a Pseudonym? Runs the big exchange and has extracted the forum from his former alias by "acquiring" it with MtGox...
When I tried to say that they all jumped "crazy" on me. Probably true. In the end we find out all this was the most elaborate P&D ponzi scheme rivaling Bernie. Quite strage to go from trading Pokemons to Bitcoins, don't you think ? If the following is true, is it safe to have funds stored there? Shutting down "single point of failures" (exchanges, pools, miners) would be enough to stop it. Right now, 90% of BTC exchange volume is being processed via mtgox.com. If a government shuts it down, all money from the mtgox.com wallet is lost forever, both "virtual" BTC and "real" US dollars and Euro.
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January 13, 2012, 11:08:31 PM |
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I predict you will be assassinated before that 24 hours is up if you're correct. 8D
I've had real guns to my head before and even taunted one guy, screaming at him to pull the frickin' trigger, all to no avail. Maybe today I'll get lucky. Do you have anything to lose? Ever see Vanilla Sky? You signed a contract, and I'm your tech support. If you ever get in that situation again, call for a time-out.
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legolouman
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January 13, 2012, 11:12:12 PM |
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MagicalTux is Satoshi Nakamoto, of course. English speaker in Japan, who else would choose a Japanese name for a Pseudonym? Runs the big exchange and has extracted the forum from his former alias by "acquiring" it with MtGox...
Does fit a good description, but is kinda obvious also while operating the biggest exchange around, I don't think that Satoshi would 'cash in' so to speak on the exchange.
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If you love me, you'd give me a Satoshi! BTC - 1MSzGKh5znbrcEF2qTrtrWBm4ydH5eT49f LTC - LYeJrmYQQvt6gRQxrDz66XTwtkdodx9udz
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January 13, 2012, 11:26:23 PM |
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I'd say Satoshi Nakamoto is a pseudonym for something. Maybe a Thomas Nakamoto (I didn't decrypt that), or even something entirely different or unrelated. If he really cared about anonymity and cryptography, there would be some really elaborate scheme. I'm a firm believer that he is an active member of the community.
I believe that's he's active on this forum as well. In the mean time, give me a direction to whittle down this list, even if it's a dead end. That is a tough one. Generally, I don't think that the generalization you made of 'mathematics' was the way to go. Computer science would give the traits for cryptography and programming needed, but a true understanding of the cryptography may only come from mathematics. Maybe broadening your search while narrowing it is the way to go (makes sense, eh?) I think major- computer science minor- mathematics, cryptography (if possible) or something. It might just be some extreme genius with no formal training though. You can learn programming by yourself, but cryptography is a bit harder. IMO he had to have come from a 'big' school MIT or international equiv. Or no school at all. I also wouldn't want to knock the Japanese reference. Or the idea that this is all a crypt for us to decode. Doing a search on that site only brings up dissertations that have the keyword in it. "Commuter Science" only generates the following 29 graduates: (do any of these names look familiar?)Almstrum, Vicki University of Texas at Austin 1994 Arch, John University of Oregon 1983 Asperti, Andrea Universitŕ di Pisa 1989 Burr, Michael New York University 2010 Dai, Jack Iowa State University 2001 Dixon, Gayle Columbia University 2001 Frias, Marcelo Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro 1998 Goodness, Jeanne Vanderbilt University 1990 Gottlob, Georg Technische Universität Wien 1981 Greer, James University of Texas at Austin 1987 Guzo, Andrew Columbia University 1989 Hajebi, Mojgan Oregon State University 2001 Hasle, Per Aarhus University 1989 Hernandez Martinez, Paul University of Leeds 2006 Hidvegi, Zoltan University of Texas at Austin 2007 Hirsch, Michael University of California, Berkeley 1990 Kao, Gio University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2008 Kurz, Alexander Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 2000 Lemin, Vladimir The Pennsylvania State University 2002 O'Lander, Richard Columbia University 1994 Olson, David University of Oregon 1986 Priebe, Roger University of Texas at Austin 1997 Pulliam, Sylvia Vanderbilt University 1992 Salisbury, Mark University of Oregon 1986 Schuster, Daniel University of Texas at Austin 1996 Shao, Yilei Princeton University 2007 Wei, Wan-Di University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1996 Xiang, Gang University of Texas at El Paso 2007 Yasuhara, Ken University of Washington 2007
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