My jaw is still on the floor.

[Billbags]

I forgot to include this earlier.....

Szabo talking BitGold and Asic type chips for mining in 1999......

http://szabo.best.vwh.net/intrapoly.html

"Another is that, unless the opponent has a very low budget and is thus limited to standard personal computers, it does not make sense to analyze the security or cost of these schemes without reference to machine architecture. For example, spammers may be able to defeat compute-cost postage by using (((custom chips optimized for computing the particular puzzle function)))."

[1715105408]

1715105408

[1715105408]

1715105408

[TippingPoint]

http://www.tanyapretorius.co.za/content/computers/extropians/extropians.html

We're in Romana's new ranch-style rental home, which is tucked away in a Sunnyvale cul de sac. Romana, her companion Geoff Dale, and Dave Krieger--Silicon Valley's Extropian celebs, hotly sought of late by magazine and newspaper reporters--have just moved in together. They call their digs the "Exclave," but its furnishings are downright suburban-normal--no hat box-size ice chests or exotic computer gear cluttering up the Macy's living room set. Previously, Romana ran an "Extropian boarding house" in Cupertino (not to be confused with a commune, a concept that free-market libertarian Extropians consider anathema).

Max More proposes instead a virtual New World, in cyberspace, as a more realistic escape from the bureaucratic hassles of "The Man." In such a Cybertopia, "we'll have things like digital money, which the government can't trace or tax," he gleefully prophesies.

http://www.ipaloalto.com/pdf/Daily_071508_council_approves.pdf
2008 Palo Alto
Geoff Dale, vice president of engineering at Neapolitan Networks, one of the city's dark fiber customers

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2011/10/04/page-mill-road-development-hits-another-snag
2011 Palo Alto
Geoff Dale, who lives in the area, praised the building's design and said the development would "bring jobs and economic activity when we need it most here in Palo Alto."

[BlindMayorBitcorn]

so many flippin nick szabos
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Nick/Szabo

Looks like this one is the only one with the right ties...the Cupertino, CA connection and all the aka's.(u are right Nick Szabo is everywhere, except nowhere in person around any of his work)

https://m.radaris.com/~Andrew-Szabo/178052517

Back in the day Szabo was supposed to live with Dale Geoff and Romana Machado in Cupertino, Ca. That's the Cypherpunks email answers to the mystery about Szabo being a real person.

Note: if Szabo is a pseudonym(it's been questioned since 1993)...... who's the true name?  T.C. May?  E. Hughes?  J. Nash?

My money is on Chaum.

[TippingPoint]

Another possible Japan connection with fellow Extropian Russell E. Whitaker

email address in
whitaker@asiapac.com

http://extropians.weidai.com/extropians.96/1317.html
Re: Ghost in the "Shell" (not Machine): see it if you can
Geoff Dale (geoff1@home.net)
Fri, 27 Sep 1996 14:24:47 -0400

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I second the recommendation.

A truly interesting film. When I saw it with Romana (it played at the San
Jose Towne Theater for awhile), she gasped at one scene and exclaimed,
"That's the best popular explanation of the information theory of personal
identity I've seen!"

I have the (english-dubbed) video tape (Manga Video), and could arrange a
screening on my new 35" TV. I also have the English-translated manga and
Russell Whitaker recently gifted me with the Japanese language version
(with a few extra near x-rated panels, wahoo!).

Links for this message:
<A HREF="http://www.fqa.com/romana"> Romana Machado </A>
<A HREF="http://www.asiapac.com/"> Russell Whitaker </A>
<A HREF="http://www.manga.com/"> Manga Video </A>

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Paraphrasing Larry Niven:
-- Just think of it as economics in action --
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Personal
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Location    Calvadan region, USA
Time Zone    (GMT-8:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Occupation    Software engineer
Interest    Bujinkan, firearms, life extension, linguistics, programming
Member Since    2003/2/24 15:06
Community
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Survival Arts
Asia Pacific Information Systems

[Flashman]

You can dig up Romana on google plus. Don't use that and don't have an "in" with her.

[Crestington]

I'm pretty sure that Satoshi was not Hal Finny or S.Boxx. Nick Szabo seems to be the one that comes up the most, I wonder if he knows.

[Gleb Gamow]

Interesting thread indeed. I'd say all of the above + those still aflame & the countless unnamed.  

~ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=358790.msg8484376#msg8484376

Anyone that can help find this - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=358790.msg3839053#msg3839053  ?

Anway, lots of really fantasic stuff here for the history books. I also found back tracking from sources such as the Free Haven papers and projects were really interesting in terms of MIT etc.

Allow me to tackle this post from another angle.

I've just found something that jogged my memory from early 2010.

I remember reading a forum board about something very similar to bitcoin / bitgold that I think I found via a search engine. I had registered on bitcointalk and was searching for bitcoin history at that time. So, the date of the board was probably 2007-2009.

The board had very few contributors - I got the impression that one of the 3 main contributors was a university professor / lecturer type and had an advisory role over the others. I also got the impression (and this is from memory) that the other main contributors were 1 male and 1 female - perhaps students.

The 'coat of arms' that I think I remember on the board was that of the George Washington University.

https://www.gwu.edu/seal-mace-coat-arms

I've searched many Universities and College websites for this 'shield' and this one is the closest match to my memory of it.

I don't want to find 'Satoshi', but I would like to find and read that board - I've looked for it and I can't find it. Obviously it was freely available on the internet, but maybe it got archived or deleted ?

Perhaps Phinnaeus Gage or someone else could help to find this ?

Picture of Theymos aka Michael Marquardt ?

Dr. Michael Marquardt [theymos?] is Professor of Human Resource Development and International Affairs as well as Program Director of Overseas Programs at George Washington University. Mike also serves as President of the World Institute for Action Learning.



 

Going further down this rabbit hole...

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/12/03/159254/is-gwu-econ-prof-nick-szabo-satoshi-nakamoto

Pseudonymous Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto (whether that name represents one person or several) is believed to hold many millions of dollars in Bitcoin. Various attempts have been made to pin down Nakamoto's identity; the IB Times reports today that a (sadly anonymous) analysis points to George Washington University economics professor Nick Szabo, based on textual analysis and some other clues, such as Szabo's expertise in digital currency and his role as founder of GoldCoin. Szabo's blog Unenumerated is fascinating reading, whether or not this analysis is right.

[Gleb Gamow]

Another possible Japan connection with fellow Extropian Russell E. Whitaker

email address in
whitaker@asiapac.com

http://extropians.weidai.com/extropians.96/1317.html
Re: Ghost in the "Shell" (not Machine): see it if you can
Geoff Dale (geoff1@home.net)
Fri, 27 Sep 1996 14:24:47 -0400

    Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
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I second the recommendation.

A truly interesting film. When I saw it with Romana (it played at the San
Jose Towne Theater for awhile), she gasped at one scene and exclaimed,
"That's the best popular explanation of the information theory of personal
identity I've seen!"

I have the (english-dubbed) video tape (Manga Video), and could arrange a
screening on my new 35" TV. I also have the English-translated manga and
Russell Whitaker recently gifted me with the Japanese language version
(with a few extra near x-rated panels, wahoo!).

Links for this message:
<A HREF="http://www.fqa.com/romana"> Romana Machado </A>
<A HREF="http://www.asiapac.com/"> Russell Whitaker </A>
<A HREF="http://www.manga.com/"> Manga Video </A>

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Geoff Dale - geoff1@home.net
Paraphrasing Larry Niven:
-- Just think of it as economics in action --
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http://www.kutaki.org/modules/profile/userinfo.php?uid=253
RussellWhitaker whitaker@survivalarts.com
Personal
Real Name    Russell Whitaker
Location    Calvadan region, USA
Time Zone    (GMT-8:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Occupation    Software engineer
Interest    Bujinkan, firearms, life extension, linguistics, programming
Member Since    2003/2/24 15:06
Community
Website    http://www.survivalarts.com/
Comments/Posts    4
Rank    Just Passing Through
Just Passing Through
Last Login    2003/2/27 17:35
Signature    Russell Whitaker
Survival Arts
Asia Pacific Information Systems

Damn you! We're now back to South Park and the NSA: http://web.archive.org/web/20021201032300/http://www.survivalarts.com/

CONTRIBUTORS

Russell Whitaker (editor)
Dale Seago
Julias Shaw
Perry Metzger
Patri Friedman
Tom Burroughes
Eric Cartman
Edgar A. Suter, MD
Ron Blackwood

"Dude, aren't those letters supposed to be readable via a rear-view mirror?"

http://web.archive.org/web/20021207225041/http://www.survivalarts.com/archives/000084.html

Bio: Perry Metzger

Those of you like me who've been doing this internet stuff since well before Tim Berners-Lee had a couple of CERN underlings cobble together the rudimentary underpinnings of the Web will likely have heard of Perry Metzger, an old friend of mine who, at least at one time, was considered one of the most prolific writers on Usenet.

There were some, in fact, who were convinced that "Perry" was actually an AI, since no mere human could post such volume. It wasn't until I met him myself in person, about a decade ago, that I was entirely convinced otherwise. He's human, at least for the time being.

Perry is now Strategic Advisor for Wasabi Systems, "The NetBSD Company". He has agreed to contribute to Survival Arts from time to time, and has provided the following very brief bio. Welcome, my old friend. - Editor

Perry E. Metzger is a known troublemaker. A socialist by education, he accidently discovered libertarianism in spite of the best efforts of his elders. Although his opposition to both death and taxes is by now an uninteresting cliche, he still remembers when it was radical and new.

Posted by Russell Whitaker at November 20, 2002 02:43 PM | TrackBack

Patri Friedman's father is Milton Friedman.

[erre]

For the first time I think that you, guys, really found satoshi

[TippingPoint]

Halloween '96 at the Exclave
(My Three Nuns)
Romana Machado
probably with unidentified Extropians Dave Krieger and Geoff Dale

[BlindMayorBitcorn]

Halloween '96 at the Exclave
(My Three Nuns)
Romana Machado
probably with unidentified Extropians Dave Krieger and Geoff Dale

The new wealthy elite

[TippingPoint]

Extropian Russell Whitaker worked in Japan in 2000.  He had ties to Nick Szabo, Hal Finney and several others.  Russell Whitaker may have been the inspiration or source of the name Satoshi Nakamoto.

http://extropians.weidai.com/extropians.1Q00/4367.html

JOBS: Tokyo ISP, Oracle dev/dba
From: Russell Whitaker (russell@interq.or.jp)
Date: Tue Mar 07 2000 - 23:53:21 MST

    Next message: Paul Hughes: "Re: ECON: Eliezer's calls"
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Hi friends and extropians who are not yet friends...

I'm looking for a couple of senior Oracle people to come
work on my team at our offices in Tokyo's Shibuya district:

1.) one senior Oracle developer, strong C/Java programmer with a good
grasp of system issues (not "exposure" to Oracle), and
2.) one strong Oracle8 dba, proficiency in unix sysadmin desirable

This is perm, not contract. You need Japanese proficiency. Life
will be hard without it. This is a Japanese company, not an
American company with primarily expat staff.

However, you needn't be expert at the time of interview: just
prove to me you can handle everyday conversation and reading/writing,
and if you're otherwise a fit for the job, we'll pay for further
language training.

Other requirements:
- a sense of adventure
- a sense of humor
- a desire to change the world

See this week's Business Week (6 March 2000), cover story
"Japan's Net Builders". We're one of the four major infrastructure
companies listed on page 21, market cap US$ 7.7 billion
(JASDAQ code 9449).

Email me if you're interested, and I'll send more details.

Thanks,
Ad astra,
Russell

--
Russell Whitaker                interQ, Inc. - System Division
Development Team Leader         Tokyo, Japan
russell@interq.or.jp            http://www.interq.or.jp/

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Subject:    Party with the Nextropians! at Nexus-Lite!
From:       plaz () netcom ! com (Geoff Dale)
Date:       1994-02-26 21:40:48
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         MEET THE NEXTROPIANS: WE ARE HERE AND NOW AMONG YOU
__________________________________________________________________________
Romana Machado - Geoff Dale - David Gordon - Nick Szabo - Russell Whitaker

[slaveforanunnak1]

Interesting thread indeed. I'd say all of the above + those still aflame & the countless unnamed.  

~ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=358790.msg8484376#msg8484376

Anyone that can help find this - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=358790.msg3839053#msg3839053  ?

Anway, lots of really fantasic stuff here for the history books. I also found back tracking from sources such as the Free Haven papers and projects were really interesting in terms of MIT etc.

Allow me to tackle this post from another angle.

I've just found something that jogged my memory from early 2010.

I remember reading a forum board about something very similar to bitcoin / bitgold that I think I found via a search engine. I had registered on bitcointalk and was searching for bitcoin history at that time. So, the date of the board was probably 2007-2009.

The board had very few contributors - I got the impression that one of the 3 main contributors was a university professor / lecturer type and had an advisory role over the others. I also got the impression (and this is from memory) that the other main contributors were 1 male and 1 female - perhaps students.

The 'coat of arms' that I think I remember on the board was that of the George Washington University.

https://www.gwu.edu/seal-mace-coat-arms

I've searched many Universities and College websites for this 'shield' and this one is the closest match to my memory of it.

I don't want to find 'Satoshi', but I would like to find and read that board - I've looked for it and I can't find it. Obviously it was freely available on the internet, but maybe it got archived or deleted ?

Perhaps Phinnaeus Gage or someone else could help to find this ?

Picture of Theymos aka Michael Marquardt ?

Dr. Michael Marquardt [theymos?] is Professor of Human Resource Development and International Affairs as well as Program Director of Overseas Programs at George Washington University. Mike also serves as President of the World Institute for Action Learning.



 

Going further down this rabbit hole...

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/12/03/159254/is-gwu-econ-prof-nick-szabo-satoshi-nakamoto

Pseudonymous Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto (whether that name represents one person or several) is believed to hold many millions of dollars in Bitcoin. Various attempts have been made to pin down Nakamoto's identity; the IB Times reports today that a (sadly anonymous) analysis points to George Washington University economics professor Nick Szabo, based on textual analysis and some other clues, such as Szabo's expertise in digital currency and his role as founder of GoldCoin. Szabo's blog Unenumerated is fascinating reading, whether or not this analysis is right.

um,  i think they mean bit-gold. Anyway, Im so confused now.

[Gleb Gamow]

For the person earlier seeking a list of candidates, this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypherpunk#Cypherpunk_mailing_list

[monsanto]

Re: Alternate Mental Poker solution?
September 22, 2014, 05:49:07 PM

I hope you find a solution without involving crypto, but I doubt that solution exists. I worked on the subject for a couple of years in 2009.

I'm currently working with 4 other people around the globe to bring MPF into practice. We improved the original protocol and we can deal cards in seconds with cryptographic security and without bloating the block-chain. We can recover from players dropping out without problem. We can handle time-outs, time-banks, and tournaments.

I don't know yet if the platform will be called QixCoin (as the original) or not, but I can say that it will be launched in 1Q of 2015 (that's our plan)

Best regards and I hope you come to play in it when it's ready.

Sergio Lerner.

05 DECEMBER 2014

Today, we are pleased to welcome Sergio Lerner as our Core Security Auditor. As Core Security Auditor, Sergio will be dedicated to the ongoing security review of changes to the core code. Sergio has been volunteering his time and expertise since March 2012 and over the last couple of years, he has found, reported, and helped fix several vulnerabilities in the core code. Sergio has been an independent security researcher and consultant since 2011 and will continue to work with his other clients in addition to his role at the foundation.

http://blog.bitcoinfoundation.org/welcome-sergio-lerner/

2014-12-11

QixCoin is a project that started before Bitcoin was created in 2009, when I was researching on peer-to-peer poker. This is a system to play the card game by parties around the globe without third parties (e.g., the online casino). I'm planning on building an ecosystem that anyone can participate in so the existent online casinos can join and create their own new business models over a distributed open platform, provided of course [that] they comply with the regulation that applies to them.

QixCoin is completely neutral and does not take part [in] gambling. It's pretty disruptive and we'll launch it during 2015. QixCoin was the first Turing-complete proof-of-concept cryptocurrency I developed in early 2013. I didn't foresee the crypto-financial applications of smart contracts though, as Vitalik did. But now that Ethereum has gone ahead of my proof-of-concept code, I'm planning to reimplement it on top of Ethereum, if Ethereum can provide the tools and VM kernel I need to run my applications. If not, then I may push the original QixCoin platform until the final product.

http://cointelegraph.com/news/113097/meet-the-bitcoin-foundations-newest-core-security-auditor-sergio-demian-lerner

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014

Recently developed and developing technology, often called "the block chain", is starting to change this. A block chain computer is a virtual computer, a computer in the cloud, shared across many traditional computers and protected by cryptography and consensus technology. A Turing-complete block chain with large state gives us this shared computer. Earlier efforts included state-machine replication (see list of papers linked below).  QuixCoin is a recent and Ethereum is a current project that has implemented such a scheme. These block chain computers will allow us to put the most crucial parts of our online protocols on a far more reliable and secure footing, and make possible fiduciary interactions that we previously dared not do on a global network

I hope to discuss these block chain applications, especially smart contracts, in future posts. While there is much futurism in many block chain discussions, including many trying to solve problems that aren't actually solved by the block chain, I will generally stick to low-hanging fruit that could be usefully implemented on Quixcoin, Ethereum, or similar technology in the near future, often interfacing to still necessary parts of traditional protocols and institutions rather than trying to reinvent and replace them in whole.

http://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-dawn-of-trustworthy-computing.html

December 17, 2014:  




https://twitter.com/ummjackson/status/545329709685288960

[Gleb Gamow]

Extropian Russell Whitaker worked in Japan in 2000.  He had ties to Nick Szabo, Hal Finney and several others.  Russell Whitaker may have been the inspiration or source of the name Satoshi Nakamoto.

http://extropians.weidai.com/extropians.1Q00/4367.html

JOBS: Tokyo ISP, Oracle dev/dba
From: Russell Whitaker (russell@interq.or.jp)
Date: Tue Mar 07 2000 - 23:53:21 MST

    Next message: Paul Hughes: "Re: ECON: Eliezer's calls"
    Previous message: Doug Jones: "Re: Towers to the stars"
    Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

Hi friends and extropians who are not yet friends...

I'm looking for a couple of senior Oracle people to come
work on my team at our offices in Tokyo's Shibuya district:

1.) one senior Oracle developer, strong C/Java programmer with a good
grasp of system issues (not "exposure" to Oracle), and
2.) one strong Oracle8 dba, proficiency in unix sysadmin desirable

This is perm, not contract. You need Japanese proficiency. Life
will be hard without it. This is a Japanese company, not an
American company with primarily expat staff.

However, you needn't be expert at the time of interview: just
prove to me you can handle everyday conversation and reading/writing,
and if you're otherwise a fit for the job, we'll pay for further
language training.

Other requirements:
- a sense of adventure
- a sense of humor
- a desire to change the world

See this week's Business Week (6 March 2000), cover story
"Japan's Net Builders". We're one of the four major infrastructure
companies listed on page 21, market cap US$ 7.7 billion
(JASDAQ code 9449).

Email me if you're interested, and I'll send more details.

Thanks,
Ad astra,
Russell

--
Russell Whitaker                interQ, Inc. - System Division
Development Team Leader         Tokyo, Japan
russell@interq.or.jp            http://www.interq.or.jp/

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List:       cypherpunks
Subject:    Party with the Nextropians! at Nexus-Lite!
From:       plaz () netcom ! com (Geoff Dale)
Date:       1994-02-26 21:40:48
[Download message RAW]

         MEET THE NEXTROPIANS: WE ARE HERE AND NOW AMONG YOU
__________________________________________________________________________
Romana Machado - Geoff Dale - David Gordon - Nick Szabo - Russell Whitaker

Another article in that issue: Telecoms and Banks Tie the Knot (int'l edition): They're rushing to make online banking a reality

[tokeweed]

That is an interesting find. Nick has been theorized to be Satoshi for some time now.

Nick IS satoshi I've been saying this for years now

yup he is the most likely person to be satoshi nakamoto.

[Gleb Gamow]

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/fj.life.in-japan/tRWXfEWD7k4

Russell Whitaker    
1/24/00


For sale: PalmPilot IIIx organizer, recently upgraded to
U.S. English v3.3 of PalmOS (the version which allows IR HotSync).
Due to a long and ultimately uninteresting set of circumstances,
partially involving having had to do a warranty replacement of the
screen, I have 2 of the things and only need one.  I'm selling
this one.  Comparable models (whichever OEM version LAOX is selling
now, for example, the IBM WorkPad) cost a little over twice that in
Akihabara.  Somewhere around JPY 45,000, I think.

Comes with the issued docking-station style cradle and
cable assembly, as well as an extra, more portable sync
cable (the same as sold at T-Zone for JPY 2650).

No CD included.  If you want the desktop organizer and
HotSync daemon, you can get it free for several platforms
at http://www.palmpilot.com/custsupp/downloads/ .

I can meet at Shibuya lunchtime or after work.  Email
if interested.  Email to whit...@best.com will get read
more quickly.

Russell

--
Russell Whitaker       
rus...@interq.or.jp

Give me a second to see if I can find any Bitcoin entity in Shibuya, Japan.

[Gleb Gamow]

That is an interesting find. Nick has been theorized to be Satoshi for some time now.

Nick IS satoshi I've been saying this for years now

yup he is the most likely person to be satoshi nakamoto.

I bet I can change your mind to think it's Russell Whitaker: http://extropians.weidai.com/extropians.1Q00/4367.html

See this week's Business Week (6 March 2000), cover story
"Japan's Net Builders". We're one of the four major infrastructure
companies listed on page 21, market cap US$ 7.7 billion
(JASDAQ code 9449).

http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_10/b3671074.htm

MASATOSHI KUMAGAI, 36, is Japan's newest Internet star. A high school
dropout, Kumagai founded Voicemedia, a multimedia communications company. He
took interQ public last August. In 1995, he moved into ISP services. Like Son
and Shigeta, Kumagai is investing in promising startups.

MARKET CAP                      SALES
$7.7 billion                    34.3 million
STOCK PRICE                     OPERATING PROFITS
$630, up 128% in 3 months       6.6 million (fiscal year to 12/99)

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=9133487&ticker=9449:JP

Mr. Masatoshi Kumagai serves as the Chief Executive Officer of GMO Venture Partners. Mr. Kumagai served as President at GMO Payment Gateway, Inc.

http://www.coindesk.com/bitflyer-gmo-48000-online-stores-japan/

GMO Payment Gateway (GMO-PG) has partnered with bitFlyer to provide its 48,000 online merchants the option to accept bitcoin starting later this year.

Founded in 1995, GMO-PG specializes in providing payment services to e-commerce platforms and mobile content providers. Data from Forbes suggests that the company, a subsidiary of the larger GMO Internet, nets $61m in annual sales and has a market capitalization of $374m.

BitFlyer CEO Yuzo Kano framed the partnership as a "business-and-capital alliance" that will result in the creation a first-of-its-kind bitcoin settlement service in Japan, while creating a safer and more convenient domestic e-commerce environment.

http://forexmagnates.com/gmo-internet-reveals-re-branding-plans-z-com-coming-soon/

One of Japan’s largest media and marketing conglomerates and also the parent company of Japan’s largest FX broker, GMO Click, GMO Internet has announced a wholesale rebranding initiative which includes changing the company’s brand name to ‘Z.com’. GMO Internet Group is an Internet services conglomerate developing and operating domain, hosting, cloud, ecommerce, security and payment solutions across Japan, also operating a prospering online foreign exchange unit.

To paraphrase...

"I see, said the blind man pissing his earlier mined bitcoins into the wind. It all comes back to me now."

[cbeast]

Why are we helping the gubbamit to catch Satoshi? Do you want him in a NY state prison?