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    Complex Projective 4-Space

    cp4space.wordpress.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2012

    Adam P. Goucher writes about recreational math, Conway's Game of Life patterns, cryptography, and curiosities such as the Analytical Engine.

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    What HN says

    HN commenters cite his analysis of Craig Wright's Bitcoin claim as the best supposition they've seen, and link his Analytical Engine deep learning post.

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    15HN people shared it
    19linked in comments
    311story points
    May 2016last shared

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    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • rakooMay 2016

      The best supposition I've seen in this story comes from [https://cp4space.wordpress.com/2016/05/02/is-craig-wright/]:

      > However, on this occasion there is the added caveat that two well-known Bitcoin developers, Jon Matonis and Gavin Andresen, purport that Wright is indeed right

      > The little-blockians want the block sizes of Bitcoin to remain small, and thus for it to be a pure decentralised currency that can be used by anyone with a computer. This would maintain it as a peer-to-peer currency, but would limit its growth.

      > By comparison, the big-blockians believe Bitcoin should grow into a universal currency, expanding the block size to accommodate absolutely every transaction. The downside is that this is beyond the computational limits of domestic machines, thereby meaning that Bitcoin could only be regulated by banks, governments, and other large organisations: thereby moving it away from a libertarian idyll into something more akin to a regular currency.

      > Matonis, Andresen and Wright are all big-blockians. Having the esteemed creator Satoshi on their side would help their argument, and it is entirely plausible that there are several large organisations who would benefit from having more control over the regulation of Bitcoin.

    • acqqMay 2016

      Even days or even hours count: he already broke some nice records. His first "outing" and his PGP trick was found and discredited in December, and yet he still managed to do it the second time, even bigger, better and shinier! He is already much more famous than he was in December. I can imagine Leonardo di Caprio to play him in a new variation on the "Catch me if you can" subject. Note there's already a book author who "spent many months" with this fake Satoshi.

      Also read about big-blockians, the conference in NY that started exactly yesterday etc.

      https://cp4space.wordpress.com/2016/05/02/is-craig-wright/

      http://gizmodo.com/gavin-andresen-i-was-not-hacked-and-i-believe-craig-w-1774226431

    • vogMar 2016

      Related article:

      https://cp4space.wordpress.com/2016/02/06/deep-learning-with-the-analytical-engine

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