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Re:IOTA being shut off is the latest chapter in an absurdist... by v64 on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @11:32AM (#22424479)
> Hal Finney (the creator of Bitcoin)

To be clear, this isn't definitive, as he is one of many individuals suspected to be Satoshi Nakamoto.

Re:IOTA being shut off is the latest chapter in an absurdist... by EthanHeilman on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @12:00PM (#22424833)
I think it is fair to say he is "a" creator of Bitcoin given all the early work he did to make the project a success but there is no evidence that he is the inventor of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto.

As an unrelated side note it is worth reading his post from 2009 when we talks about having ALS: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/bshZiaLefDejvPKuS/dying-outs... I have a memory of discovering this essay on hn, but I can no longer find the discussion. Maybe I remembered it wrong.

Edit: I found it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=867623

Re:IOTA being shut off is the latest chapter in an absurdist... by RL_Quine on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @11:38AM (#22424552)
Really speculating people are some anonymous person that doesn't want to be identified is at best, rude, otherwise dangerous. Don't make assertions you can't prove, despite the man being dead.