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Re:Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016) by mekster on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @10:42PM (#29733302)
Why would he suddenly develop his next project anonymously when he was public on Bit Gold?

Was he so convinced that Bitcoin would be a killer app and thought he should hide since day 1?

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Re:Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016) by bitshiftfaced on Thursday December 30, 2021 @12:54AM (#29734081)
Maybe it took the first failed project to realize that should the project succeed, there could be a financial incentive to kidnap/coerce/blackmail the founder.
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