What if someone claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto?

[sandykho47]

I think nobody would claim him as satoshi nakamoto
becuase thief & bad people will use bad ways to have his bitcoin

If you want proof, just ask : please send 1 million bitcoin to my address now 

[dankkk]

I think nobody would claim him as satoshi nakamoto
becuase thief & bad people will use bad ways to have his bitcoin

If you want proof, just ask : please send 1 million bitcoin to my address now 

Ya that would not be something he would be willing to do.

He has a known PGP key that he could use to sign a message with. This is actually how he would be able to regain access to his account on here as theymos has the account locked

[redsn0w]

I think nobody would claim him as satoshi nakamoto
becuase thief & bad people will use bad ways to have his bitcoin

If you want proof, just ask : please send 1 million bitcoin to my address now 

Ya that would not be something he would be willing to do.

He has a known PGP key that he could use to sign a message with. This is actually how he would be able to regain access to his account on here as theymos has the account locked

Yes , this is his  .asc :


https://bitcointalk.org/Satoshi_Nakamoto.asc

[wasserman99]

I think nobody would claim him as satoshi nakamoto
becuase thief & bad people will use bad ways to have his bitcoin

If you want proof, just ask : please send 1 million bitcoin to my address now 

Ya that would not be something he would be willing to do.

He has a known PGP key that he could use to sign a message with. This is actually how he would be able to regain access to his account on here as theymos has the account locked

Yes , this is his  .asc :


https://bitcointalk.org/Satoshi_Nakamoto.asc

I think it is ironic that the bitcointalk forum is primarily using a PGP key as a verification method then a bitcoin signature would work just as well.

[gtraah]

sign his PGP key or prove that he owns the wallet with 1 million bitcoins.

This has been stated over and over again, there is no PROOOOF that satoshi owns 1 million coins..  GEEEEZ it just keeps coming up again and again!!

[AGD]

sign his PGP key or prove that he owns the wallet with 1 million bitcoins.

+1

https://bitcointalk.org/Satoshi_Nakamoto.asc
http://bitslog.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/the-well-deserved-fortune-of-satoshi-nakamoto/

Both need a password, that most likely only the original "Satoshi Nakamoto" knows. If he would write a message now, after years of silence, he would definitely use one, or even better, both possibilities to proof its authenticity. He would not simply forget that for sure.

[sehnye]

Probably he has lost his private keys so there will be no proof.

[AGD]

Possible, but very unlikely.
Anyway, if someone claims to be him and has no proof, noone should ever believe him.

[slaveforanunnak1]

sign his PGP key or prove that he owns the wallet with 1 million bitcoins.

There is a 1 million btc wallet  ??

no.. he has like few hundred thousands of wallets with 50 btc in each... if i recall correctly.

So, what if he lost his private key? I mean, personally, i've lost a few keys in my life  and i had to update all my boxers with my new public key. Shit happens.
If that happens, i guess we can never really be sure who satoshi is .

[RickyRickyyyy]

Satoshi had public profiles and several ways to prove it was him, wouldnt work for the imposter.

[p2pbucks]

 if someone claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto then he would be taken as a stupid troll in this forum 

[adamstgBit]

sign his PGP key or prove that he owns the wallet with 1 million bitcoins.

There is a 1 million btc wallet   ??

No. Well maybe, but not in that it only contains one address. The estimated one million bitcoin that satoshi owns is split up into several thousand addresses.

no http://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html

but you're right.

[nextblast]

Bitcoin network is so decentralized. What some Satoshi claim-to-be can do is trivial.

[BTCreward]

sign his PGP key or prove that he owns the wallet with 1 million bitcoins.

There is a 1 million btc wallet   ??

No. Well maybe, but not in that it only contains one address. The estimated one million bitcoin that satoshi owns is split up into several thousand addresses.

no http://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html

but you're right.

I think he was saying that a single "wallet" like a multibit wallet or a blockchain.info wallet would contain the keys to all the addresses that contain the million bitcoin. (I would assume that the wallet would actually be a QT wallet)

[michietn94]

find an original Satoshi's address
then sign it
so we can verify if you really Satoshi.

But I think Satoshi will not show up again.
If somebody claim as Satoshi than he must work really hard to convince people

[giveBTCpls]

If someone pushes it too far with the identity suplantation im pretty sure that Satoshi himself will come back and make a post about it (unless he is dead obviously ...)

[wezphoto]

Nobody could fake Satoshi Nakamoto identity, we know his pubblic addresses.

[Vslacha]

Have you found anyone who has claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto?

[aljunking]

This question may be asked earlier but how would we verify that person is telling the truth?

He will never divulge who he is. Ever. That if he wants to stay anonymous and transact anonymously.

[mancala]

If he wants to be fcked up the government then stay hidden.