Barely Sociable
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40:21 · 1.6M views · May 11, 2020
Barely Sociable presents a case that Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto is cryptographer Adam Back. It uses interview clips and circumstantial evidence, and also touches on the block size dispute.
HN commenters recommend it as a compelling, if not definitive, argument for Adam Back as Satoshi whenever the identity question comes up.
8 comments from Hacker News
Don't see anything on HN mentioning Adam Back getting called out as being Satoshi and the massive campaign launched to disprove this. One of the only people who isn't attempting to capitalize on the claim, but who directly benefits from Bitcoin's flaws. In a case of a white knight turning to the dark side. Part 3: this video The conspiracy YouTuber making the claim was attacked and slandered heavily after making the claim despite convincing evidence that wasn't disproven: 1 Same English typing mannerisms 2 Misspelling the same words 3 A conspicuous gap in his career while Bitcoin was being developed 4 entering the bitcoin scene in forums very early acting authoritative Not to mention 5 A history of working on bitcoin-like technologies: "hashcash" 6 early involvement with the cypherpunks I'm still convinced its him.
Surprised that noone mentioned Barely Sociable video on Satoshi Nakamoto[1] (last of a 3-part series). Pretty strong arguments as to why Adam Back is Satoshi, the amount of coincidences is just way too many IMO. Craig Wright is definitely not Satoshi, the guy has some issues and so keeps claiming that he is. [1] this video
I think the US government would already know who Satoshi is due to bulk email collection via PRISM and stylometry. I don’t know why you think Satoshi broke any US laws. The following video painted quite a compelling story of why Adam Beck is Satoshi: this video
Someone already found this years ago: this video I haven't read the full article yet but I'm guessing they didn't give credit, as the New York Times tends to do. Not definitive but it's a very convincing case.
I was sure too about Hal Finney until i saw this video [0]. There are a few more references that it is more likely that Adam Back could be Satoshi. [0] this video