| ▲ | ozten 4 hours ago |
| Does Carreyrou give reasons for eliminating Hal Finney from being (part or all of) Satoshi? |
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| ▲ | sho_hn 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Yes, he mentions he was photographed running a foot race during a date and time Satoshi sent emails (of course that's a bit weak). |
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| ▲ | ozten 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Thank you! Reasoning: They have the chops to create the world's first system where consensus, scarcity, and ownership exist without a central authority... But, they also lack the ability to write a Perl script to "Send Later". Checks out. | | |
| ▲ | atombender 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Why would they believe that someone in the future would be tracking their mailing list post history and correlating email timestamps with real-life activity? There's no motivation to take steps to hide one's tracks (by setting up a remote email send while one is were away) unless one thinks that is going to happen. | | |
| ▲ | jeffgreco an hour ago | parent [-] | | As the article says, Back was very interested in methods of covering one's tracks. |
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| ▲ | IncreasePosts 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Anyone sophisticated enough to hide their writing style and identity would be more than capable of setting an email to go out while they were at a public event. Likewise, the argument discounting szabo because he exposed some ignorance of Bitcoin is exactly what someone might do to throw off the scent. |
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| ▲ | cloche an hour ago | parent | prev [-] |
| If you believe that Satoshi's email wasn't hacked then his last emails came after Finney had passed away. |
