Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?

[putriangel]

To my knowledge he is the creator of bitcoin. That's what I hear from the bitcoin community. But I do not know for sure, obviously bitcoin has helped my financial problems. So I do not have to question who he is.

[Heartbreakeren]

perhaps the mystery behind his identity helps keep society curious about bitcoin.

[tambok]

Satoshi actively participated in the bitcoin community and collaborated with them to change the underlying bitcoin Protocol. Two years later, the mysterious developer of the first cryptocurrency handed over the reins to Gavin Andresen and disappeared from the Bitcoin project. Then, in the spring of 2011, Nakamoto came back to leave a final message, saying that he was" working on other projects "and that Bitcoin is now"in the hands of Gavin and the entire community." This was the last thing the world heard from the secret creators of Bitcoin.

Glad to hear that at least he is fine and that he is just creating another project for us, I am really amaze what he is doing in the entire world, if there is one hero to be awarded right now I would really recommend him for doing such a big innovation in entire world.

[Hawley]

there's been a lot of speculation who satoshi nakamoto is. what's for sure is that he or she they is the inventor of bitcoin etc. the person who published the original bitcoin paper and created the first blockchain of the bitcoin blockchain. if satoshi traded his bitcoin for cash, it would also be absurdly rich. i dont know who is satoshi is. but even the speculations about his identity are well worth reading. based on what i saw in the movie satoshi is the group or team created the bitcoin it cannot done by one person but who group will work success the bitcoin is now famous.

[kudryas]

Since this thread is mostly just new users trying to bump up their post count, I thought I would post some useless thoughts on the matter of who Satoshi might be without sounding all tin-foil-hatish.

Apparently, most of the people that worked with Satoshi are pretty confident he was one person.  His code was not written in a way that a team would have developed it.  And he used reverse polish notation which seems more like something someone older with a math background would use.  Save for the guy who comments on this post and says he uses it all the time in 2018.   Pedantic. 

Satoshi also said later in the Bitcoin project that Tor 0.2 alpha was coming out soon, and he would provide instructions on how to use it.  He may have followed along with the TOR development and had some ideas on how to integrate it with Bitcoin.  But I found it interesting that he knew how to use it before 0.2 alpha and was going to help people with it.

That got me to thinking.  Perhaps Satoshi was one of the TOR guys.  Maybe not one of the main guys, but an underling that worked on the math side.  At the time Tor was funded by DARPA and development was going on pretty much at the same time.  They have "some" similarities with the nodes, encryption, P2P concepts that Satoshi employed.  So do many other P2P tools, I realize and true, there is no blockchain with Tor.  So maybe not. 

But if we stretch our imagination here, I don't think this was the work of the entire TOR team at DARPA because Satoshi didn't seem really concerned about privacy so much as just trying to free us from the banking system.  Which makes me think he could have been one of the team members that was big into the math side of what was going on, but less on the privacy side.  I can imagine while sitting in meeting rooms while discussing the best way to communicate with TOR nodes and share P2P information while making it encrypted, that ideas can spring to mind on how to leverage similar concepts to do something different and outside the scope of the current project.  And Satoshi taught himself to do some coding and put together Bitcoin with the knowledge he had working on similar projects such as TOR.

As Satoshi eventually left the Bitcoin project with Gavin, he said had moved on to other things, and that the Bitcoin project was in good hands.  I think given that TOR was still early, his "other things" were exactly that.  TOR.  Again, as a team member.  Not the project lead or anything. 

That would also explain why the coins haven't been touched.  Whoever did it was on DARPA's dime at the time.  Whatever knowledge or tools being used were funded by them, and Satoshi probably didn't want anyone to trace it back to him and the TOR project.   Not to mention, there are a lot of hands in that pot.  The Government, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, as well as the TOR organization as it exists now, and the various members that rotated through it.   Whoever has the keys would probably not end up with the money, it would get owned by the Fed and a bunch of lawyers maybe.  It would also create some public static if it was found out that it was DARPA funded.  And/Or sanctioned by the Government to pay dissidents or spies, etc.  Whatever conspiracy theorists want to imagine.

We'll never really know unless Satoshi himself comes out and proves it.  But I do think it is interesting that these two projects were lining up at the same time Bitcoin and TOR and that Satoshi had a hand in one, and strong enough knowledge in the other to teach people how to use it at an early Alpha state. 

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Wow dude, that was an awesome post.
To be honest that was one of the few posts that was worth reading in this thread.
The majority is just speculations and opinions without some real data behind it.

[Th3Program]

Although we do not know who is behind this name, we know what he (or she) did. Satoshi Nakamoto invented the Bitcoin protocol, publishing it via a mailing list in November 2008.

[Elerntta]

I think Satoshi Nakamoto is a pseudonym of a group of large investors who just decided to turn the world economy around.

[airdnasxela]

If that's even his name. Just read the bitcoin wiki on him and I'm amazed. Nobody knows him.

Long time passed since he last posted in here. Why? "Busy"? I don't think so. He was active when bitcoin needed support but since the slashdot...
Also, it seems has knowledge in many areas, especially economy. He doesn't act like the average human. Not taking advantage out of his creation, leaving without telling anything. Is he even a single person or a group?

How can someone create something so great and not stepping out to get the credit?

Hmm,  no one really knows him or "them", but it doesn't matter.  What matters the most is that even it is a person or just a pseudonym of a group of people,  it was created with that name back in November 2008 when it was publish via a making list. Also,  maybe the reason why we all don't know him is his or their marketing strategy so that people will be continuously curious about bitcoin.  He or they also wanted maybe to hide on taxes because we all know that the creator must be really rich now.

[Ronztimz]

Satoshi nakamoto, is the name behind Bitcoins. Nobody exactly knows about him. Ever since Satoshi launched Bitcoin in 2008 his name has dominated the headlines, but till now the researchers have been unable to put a face to this man’s identity. Satoshi Nakamoto has always communicated via digital means which is why it has been very difficult to reveal his original identity.

[Kimchu kuno]

So, possible scenarios:

1. Satoshi is a group of people. Subscenario 1: Founded by some powerful entity, to create an experiment or destroy banking system. Or make drug trafficking easier.
2. Satoshi is dead. He didn't really knew that bitcoin might have such success, he died before seeing it growing so much and that's all.
Subcenario 1: Satoshi was killed because of Bitcoin.
3. Satoshi is affraid of Bitcoin and how it turned up.
4. Satoshi is a person that has no life other than programming (21.000.000% nerd) and he creates things under different identities. Maybe was behind Napster too.
5. Satoshi is ET or AI or GOD or S8TN

You forgot the sub-sub scenarious, the braching scenarious, alternate scenarios, and possible mixed, merged, and parralel scenarios.  The Satoshi conspiracy theories never end and never get tired.  Someone always comes up with a new one.  One day there will be a tv series just focusing on satoshi conspiracy theories.

Satoshi is everywhere and nowhere.
Satoshi could be all of us, or none of us.
Satoshi came from nowhere and dissappeared to nowhere, but his coins are everywhere.
Satoshi has no past, no future, and no present, but his creation is immortal.
Satoshi is an idea.  Satoshi has inspired all of us.  Satoshi is a legend.

I don't know yet still searching.

[babarian]

which I know and I heard so far he is the inventor, the creator of bitcoin is not it? not much I know about him. although the result of his creation is very useful for me

[Ngewex Yuk]

Bitcoin is a very complex and extensive thing, I'm sure bitcoin made at least 10 people and Mr. Satoshi Nakamoto is the leader, if he himself makes bitcoin then it takes more than 100 years to be able to complete the bitcoin project.

[Mudah_rezeki]

Nakamoto estimated that he was born in 1974-1977. Nevertheless, all the strongest are not strongly disputed about Nakamoto's identity which is largely focused on some computer science experts and science experts reading the secret code (cryptography) of non-Japanese descent like from the United States and Europe. One who confessed firmly as Satoshi Nakamoto is an Australian software developer (programmer)

[Ani1993]

Satoshi Nakamoto is just a nickname which was made by an anonymous guy who created Bitcoin for us. He left this forum for a long time and nobody know where is here nowadays.

[huydai]

first i hear about of bitcoin, it was knows about  satoshimoto if my knowledge is satoshi nakamoto who finds or makes bitcoin, because most information I often get that way

[hakertajniak]

If that's even his name. Just read the bitcoin wiki on him and I'm amazed. Nobody knows him.

Long time passed since he last posted in here. Why? "Busy"? I don't think so. He was active when bitcoin needed support but since the slashdot...
Also, it seems has knowledge in many areas, especially economy. He doesn't act like the average human. Not taking advantage out of his creation, leaving without telling anything. Is he even a single person or a group?

How can someone create something so great and not stepping out to get the credit?

He is the founder of bitcoin i believe. but till now, i still know nothing about him.
i even dont know if he still alive or not. there are many theory regarding his identity on cryptocurrency.

[aryadiningrat123]

Satoshi Nakamoto Is Who Made Bitcoin and All Coin Coins In Market

[taiyob]

Satoshi  Nakamoto, The founder of bitcoin. Nakamoto made bitcoin and he is the one first ever or a mother of crap to currencies is bitcoin. Satoshi is not an individual but actually a group of people.Satoshi is a person that has no life other than programming and he creates things under different identities. Maybe he was behind Napster too.Now Bitcoin is famous but nobody knows about him, I wish to see him,because he created the kind of money.

[Panunggalan]

Satoshi Nakamoto is the one who created the bitcoin currency, the name Satoshi Nakamoto is a pseudonym so that the person who created bitcoin can not be detected, Satoshi Nakamoto's plan is great for people to work through digital currency.

[Falgorn]

For today, Satoshi Nakamoto remains a folkloric character in the world of technology and finance. Despite countless attempts at investigation and analysis, no one has ever been able to disclose the truth.