Another court case fails to unlock the mystery of Bitcoin’s Satoshi Nakamoto

Re:Another court case fails to unlock the mystery of Bitcoin... by seibelj on Sunday August 07, 2022 @10:14AM (#32376621)

I believe Satoshi is Hal Finney. The 2 damning reasons are

1) Dorian Satoshi Nakomoto (someone Newsweek claimed was Satoshi incorrectly) lived very close to Hal. I believe Hal either knew of him or saw his name somewhere.

2) Satoshi disappeared at the same time when Hal’s ALS made him unable to work anymore. Hal’s death and Satoshi’s silence are at the same time.

Plus Hal was the first person to communicate with Satoshi publicly. All signs point to Hal and only a dead man could keep a secret like this for so long. RIP

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Re:Another court case fails to unlock the mystery of Bitcoin... by Lutzb on Sunday August 07, 2022 @04:49PM (#32379758)

I am still wondering why Satoshi used a GMX.com address in the beginning. This address is from a German email service. Addresses with gmx.com domain were only available for paying customers. So at least there might be some trace there.

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Re:Another court case fails to unlock the mystery of Bitcoin... by necovek on Monday August 08, 2022 @07:02AM (#32384152)

Uhm, gmx.com was a free email provider probably in the 90s already. I still have an address with them, though I don't use it at all.

FWIW, it was much better email service than the other email services from that era.

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Re:Another court case fails to unlock the mystery of Bitcoin... by giuliomagnifico on Sunday August 07, 2022 @10:54AM (#32376944)

Yes this could be plausible, also his -very- mysterious death must be mentioned.

Anyway I couldn’t figure out why the story of Bitcoin isn’t already a movie/TV serie! It’s really fascinating.

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