Len Sassaman and Satoshi

Re:Len Sassaman and Satoshi by kragen on Monday February 22, 2021 @08:08PM (#26232733)

Maybe if the cryonics thing works out, but that's a long shot.

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Re:Len Sassaman and Satoshi by VectorLock on Monday February 22, 2021 @08:50PM (#26232994)

Thats a serious sci-fi plot right there. Man cryonically freezes himself after inventing a cryptocurrency, wakes up in the far future the richest man in the world.

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Re:Len Sassaman and Satoshi by shawnz on Monday February 22, 2021 @09:38PM (#26233272)

Interesting to wonder if he simply memorized the keys before being frozen, hoping that he could remember them if he were ever resuscitated.

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Re:Len Sassaman and Satoshi by fearthetelomere on Monday February 22, 2021 @09:31PM (#26233223)

Guessing you haven't seen Futurama. Not the same exact plot of course, but I immediately thought of it.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fishful_of_Dollars

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Re:Len Sassaman and Satoshi by VectorLock on Monday February 22, 2021 @11:27PM (#26233817)

Yes I've seen that episode. The crypto/most wealthy man in the world thing would be a variation of that.

They'd also be the typical Human Popsicle tropes about how horrified he'd be by how his creation was used.

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Re:Len Sassaman and Satoshi by kragen on Monday February 22, 2021 @09:39PM (#26233278)

Bitcoin is already pretty freaking sci-fi-plottish.

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Re:Len Sassaman and Satoshi by VectorLock on Monday February 22, 2021 @11:21PM (#26233787)

The whole Satoshi mythology is to me one of the greatest modern mysteries.

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