• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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        6 days ago

        All the claims of who it might potentially be have been debunked one way or another. Someone was sure it was a Canadian guy not too long ago and he started getting harassed…

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            There’s tons of circumstantial evidence for a bunch of people, but Adam Back keeps talking about the value of Bitcoin (Satoshi would be one of the richest person on earth right now, he wouldn’t care about its value anymore) and was against the changes necessary to make Bitcoin useful as a digital currency (leading to the 2017 fork).

            Why did Satoshi create Bitcoin? Because he felt there was a need for a digital currency, not because he wanted to get rich. It’s in the whitepaper.

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              That’s the weakest sauce “debunking” I’ve ever seen.

              It’s been a while, but as I remember the arguments they give are:

              • Back basically disappeared activity-wise from the relevant mailing list at the same time that Satoshi appeared, and everyone immediately trusted Satoshi and treated him as someone of value
              • Similarities in writing style
              • Back has given some odd answers in interviews when asked about Satoshi, that basically only make sense if he at least knows who it is

              Is that ironclad? Certainly not. It is however a lot more convincing than “why would someone with a lot of money care whether the value of their money went UP or DOWN if they already had a lot? Checkmate”.

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                Why would he work against his goal of creating a digital currency then? Bitcoin is useless for that with transactions that can be left pending for hours because of the block size limit, which Back supported keeping as is.

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              6 days ago

              Okay lol so you literally have no idea who Adam Back is or what’s in the video or why it might or might not be credible. That’s what I am taking away from this.

              I thought you might have some sort of real reason why the arguments might not be solid or something. Never mind, have a good day.