Craig Wright Reportedly Set To Prove He Is Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto

From the [International Business Times]*http://www.ibtimes.com/craig-wright-reportedly-set-prove-he-bitcoin-creator-satoshi-nakamoto-2348687):

April 5 was Satoshi Nakamoto's birthday. The mysterious founder of bitcoin was born on this day in 1975, according to an online profile, meaning Tuesday would have been his 41st birthday. And yet according to a report in Financial Times, the elusive bitcoin creator is planning to reveal his identity once and for all.

In December, both Wired and Gizmodo identified Australian cryptocurrency expert Craig Wright as the actual person behind the Nakamoto identity. The investigations, based on the same set of leaked documents, concluded that Wright either is the same person as Nakamoto or he's the mastermind of a clever hoax designed to lead people to believe he's Nakamoto.

Now, according to sources speaking to FT, Wright has made "conditional approaches" to media organizations and other institutions to brief them on an "big reveal" where Wright claims he will finally prove conclusively that he is Nakamoto by performing a "cryptographic miracle."

The date for the big reveal is supposed to be some time between April 7 and April 14, with media being offered the inside story of Wright's life ahead of a public demonstration and press conference.

The claim that Wright is Nakamoto was widely debunked as quickly as it was made public, with Wired admitting that it may have been the victim of an elaborate hoax. An analysis of Wright's writing carried out exclusively for International Business Times also indicated that Wright was not Nakamoto when it was compared with work known to be written by the bitcoin creator.

However, sources speaking to FT claim some senior figures within the bitcoin community are apparently impressed with Wright's current efforts to prove his claim. Jon Matonis, a founding member of the Bitcoin Foundation, confirmed he has been in touch with someone in relation to this matter: "I have been contacted by a private group, and I am under a strict [nondisclosure agreement] and press embargo during due diligence phase."

Not everyone will be as easily convinced. Gavin Andresen, one of the core developers of bitcoin and once bitcoin's chief scientist, said he would need a lot of proof to believe Wright is the creator of bitcoin, and warned that a lot of the "evidence" Wright may produce could be falsified.

The potential reveal is not igniting much interest within the bitcoin community on Reddit or on the official Bitcoin Forum -- with many of those interested in the cryptocurency experiencing fatigue related to the latest "exposé" of Nakamoto's identity.

Wright has not been seen since the revelations in December, after which his home in Australia was raided by the Australian tax authorities, who claimed it was not in relation to his links to bitcoin. Ultimately Andresen told FT he would "want to see a conversation about technical stuff, ideally via email, so I can see if it feels like the same person I communicated with in 2010."

Wright -- fuckboi, or the genuine Satoshi? What do you think?


Comments


[48 Points] Dnm_cunt:

He doesn't need to perform a 'cryptographic miracle'. Just sign something with satoshis key or move some of the first mined coins around.

I'm waiting...


[24 Points] Vendor_BBMC:

If Satoshi was still alive, he would send an email from his account like he always does. But he won't because Satoshi was Hal Finney

http://www.wired.com/2014/08/hal-finney/

Who also developed PGP in addition to the bitcoin encryption. The reason he received the first bitcoins was because he sent them from one PC to another in his testing lab (although bitcoins don't exist - only the blockchain, so nothing actually moved, But you know what I mean).

Can you imagine? "Hi Hank. It's 'Toshi. You know the very first bitcoin transaction we did yesterday?"

"You see, the thing is, I need your laptop for 6 weeks now to troubleshoot wallet issues, and check that your copy of the blockchain is in sync with mine"

People are starting to notice that Satoshi has gone kinda quiet. All these arguments about maximum block size are only occuring because bitcoin is truly decentralized now.

In the past, it was centralized around whatever Satoshi said.

One day, when all this comes out to the wider bitcoin community, that photo of paralyzed Hal and his wife will become iconic. The tragedy is that his mind was unaffected as his body gradually turned to shit.

Unfortunately, before Satoshi was frozen the bitcoin foundation did something a bit naughty to pay for him to be frozen, and to look after his widow, because he didn't profit much from his invention.

You don't preserve the FRIEND of Satoshi's brilliant mind in the hope of a cure.

On Feb 6th 2013, 1.2 million bitcoin went walkies from MTGOX, whilst the blockchain was blinded by a hailstorm of unspendably-small bitcoin payments, which have now been resolved away like it never happened. They were stashed in about 120 wallets. These were intended to be cashed, one every year, until 2140 when bitcoin is programmed to stop.

Somebody has to pay to keep bitcoin's frozen pop frozen. The very first bitcoin moved from Hal's original wallet to a new wallet on the same day. Hal ie Satoshi was aware of the robbery of bitcoin, that's the part I had trouble stomaching when I realised

51% of the copies of the blockchain were controlled by two British companies - blockchain.info and a mining pool, and they were both members of the bitcoin foundation.

Soon afterwards, people started to resign from the foundation in disgust at something, including Blockchain.info's own security officer, Gavin Andressin.

Fuck knows who this Aussie is.


[23 Points] SpecialAgentDildo:

I really doubt someone that went to the lengths Satoshi did to stay anon would have any compulsion to prove to people who they are. Even if they did want to do that they could just start moving the first coins around from one of the 1000's of wallets that have never had any transactions. That would be some kind of proof I'd assume.


[10 Points] None:

do us proud aussie brother


[3 Points] mrmidjji:

Satoshi inevitably owns hundreds of millions if not many billions(at current market price) in bitcoins. Anyone proves that they own billions in bitcoin, who has no other visible source of such income and also show that they have for a long time and then says "oh yeah and also Im satoshi" I'll believe them. It would be even better if the person also proves ownership of one of the first bitcoin wallets, but thats trickier and less important. In the end it dosent really matter though...


[3 Points] Dr_Zhivago_:

Bitcoin was created by the illuminati for the CIA


[2 Points] an_illegal_smile:

BBMC is just messing with us now :) though the idea of Redbook as John Titor doesn't lack appeal.

Man, once the unwashed public manages to understand what bitcoin is, you need to rework that into a screenplay and make bank


[1 Points] Privakey:

Well, that would be interesting!


[-1 Points] droppingwhen:

Oh I thought he would have been Japanese. Some sort of ese.


[-4 Points] None:

It's misdirection.

Bitcoin was absolutely not created by one guy with a dream. That's the PR.

It was created by a Government, anybody who thinks otherwise is naive beyond words.