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A comment on Ask HN: Famous anonymous inventions other than Bitcoin?.

Re:Ask HN: Famous anonymous inventions other than Bitcoin? by shiado on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @12:37PM (#18763359)
Read up on Bourbaki, the original Satoshi.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Bourbaki

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Re:Ask HN: Famous anonymous inventions other than Bitcoin? by Andre607 on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @01:23PM (#18763646)
The names of the members of Bourbaki are now known, as per the Wikipedia link, so they are not an example of persistent anonymity.
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Re:Ask HN: Famous anonymous inventions other than Bitcoin? by setr on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @01:35PM (#18763726)
The question is probably more interesting if you interpret it as “anonmpys during their time of relevance”.
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