Re:Validating Satoshi (Or Not)
by blowski on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @10:06AM
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But kind of fun! With Bitcoin, even the things we know for certain are ridiculous.
Somebody develops a brand new technology which has wide-ranging implications, from drug enforcement to currency control (and well beyond). Within a few years it's worth billions. But it's developed by somebody with a Japanese pseudonym. Multiple people are unmasked and then debunked as the inventor. Then a serial dodgy geezer, who was previously unasked and debunked, says they are in fact the inventor - but it turns out their evidence is meaningless.
It's the closest thing we have in real life to "Who is Batman?" so of course we're all fascinated.
Somebody develops a brand new technology which has wide-ranging implications, from drug enforcement to currency control (and well beyond). Within a few years it's worth billions. But it's developed by somebody with a Japanese pseudonym. Multiple people are unmasked and then debunked as the inventor. Then a serial dodgy geezer, who was previously unasked and debunked, says they are in fact the inventor - but it turns out their evidence is meaningless.
It's the closest thing we have in real life to "Who is Batman?" so of course we're all fascinated.