Talk:Satoshi Nakamoto
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Humanization of the creator of bitcoin
I think we should use entity and not person or people for who created bitcoin. For all we know it could be an alien species or artificial intelligence creation. Assuming it was made by humans is pretty egotistical and bigoted. Boilingorangejuice (talk) 02:47, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
- Disagree While your defense of the rights of non-humans is interesting, I want to refer you to the WP:NOR policy, and to the fact that all the sources we know mention a person or a group of people. Ladislav Mecir (talk) 09:16, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
Bitcoin Founder Unmasked to be Polish
Bounty Hunter made a blog post on 2016-01-28 concluding that Satoshi Nakamoto may be a Polish person of Paweł Pszona based on correlation between an e-mail from Satoshi Nakamoto on 2008-11-17 and related paper of Unlinkable Divisible Digital Cash without Trusted Third Party from International Association for Cryptologic Research. P4z (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) 22:31, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
Update article?
This article may need updating to further talk about Craig Steven Wright, as he is the inventor of bitcoin. The introduction makes it seem like the person is still unknown.[1][2]
Draftmission (talk) 07:31, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
A hoax anyway?
The reddit post outs him as a fake. This article is still ongoing but this is a very interesting turn of events. https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4hf4xj/creator_of_bitcoin_reveals_identity/d2pf70v — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.153.212.42 (talk) 09:03, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
Hacker news comes to the same conclusion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11609611
Craig Steven Wright as founder Satoshi Nakamoto
News continues to break relating to Craig Steven Wright's claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto. I suggest we keep this page as Wright claiming to be Nakamoto, until at least the dust settles. I changed the wiki entry to reflect his claim.
The Economist "Craig Steven Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto. Is he?". Economist. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016. http://www.economist.com/news/briefings/21698061-craig-steven-wright-claims-be-satoshi-nakamoto-bitcoin
BBC "Craig Wright revealed as Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto". BBC. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36168863
This might develop later into a whole section entitled controversy, so until that happens suggest keeping it as "claims to be the creator" rather than "is the founder."
Jtbobwaysf (talk) 10:03, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
- The alleged "proof" has either not been made public, or if it was the data in Wright's blog post, is not proof of anything at all.[1] At this stage all we should do is indicate who is and is not convinced of Wright's identity, without making a statement one way or the other. – Smyth\talk 11:56, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
- The detail that he is the creator was removed for some reason, as I understand, there is no dispute and the detail should not be removed. Govindaharihari (talk) 12:01, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
- Any editor familiar with Bitcoin or cryptography can verify my point for themselves. Wikipedia should err on the side of caution when making significant pronouncements like this. Just because there's not yet a reliable source saying Wright's claim is untrue, doesn't make it true. – Smyth\talk 12:05, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
Jon Matonis, bitcoin Foundation director and economist said he was convinced Dr Wright was the founder of bitcoin. "The proof is conclusive and I have no doubt that Craig Steven Wright is the person behind the Bitcoin technology, Nakamoto consensus, and the Satoshi Nakamoto name," he wrote.
"During the London proof sessions, I had the opportunity to review the relevant data along three distinct lines: cryptographic, social, and technical. Based on what I witnessed, it is my firm belief that Craig Steven Wright satisfies all three categories
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seems like every media outlet is saying he is — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.216.116.63 (talk) 15:28, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
- Reliable source now added. – Smyth\talk 12:25, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
- Comment "Jon Matonis, bitcoin Foundation director" - I think that Jon Matonis is a former Bitcoin Foundation director. Ladislav Mecir (talk) 16:55, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
An interesting read on the London Review of Books by Andrew O'Hagan... http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n13/andrew-ohagan/the-satoshi-affair