In contrast, the Wired article stays close to the facts (GPG keys, email addresses, IPs, etc) and hedges its bets. Wright might be Satoshi. He might be a hoaxer. We don't know. It's not as satisfying to read as the Gizmodo pablum, but it's much more accurate.
1. http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git;a=commit... [edited]
But can you really tell when a key-pair was generated? This would make for a fascinating write-up if you could please spend the time to explain.
The change you link to has the same SHA-256 as the first option both before and after the change.
Did he use something else?
I'm curious to know your thoughts on the scenario whereby another hash would be chosen for him by the software, and whether or not he may have chosen a specific hash?
This is potentially a good line of enquiry with more info