Comment by olalonde
8 days ago
All you need to know about this "quest": https://xcancel.com/austinhill/status/2041986130871251141
Plus, the most obvious reason that Adam Back is not Satoshi is that he'd absolutely take credit for Bitcoin if he could. And he would have put an end to Craig Wright's legal circus. The most plausible explanation is that Satoshi is either dead or incapacitated.
Look at his comment here, then you will realize why it’s definitely Back. And why he certainly would never claim to be satoshi
https://xcancel.com/adam3us/status/2041816020776611935?s=46
I didn't realize anything. Everyone and their mother has been saying that about Satoshi since day one... Also, Adam would have infinitely more to gain from being Satoshi than from Satoshi remaining unknown. He's been trying to take credit for Bitcoin ever since he realized that Bitcoin was actually worth something (he initially dismissed it). All his actions point to someone who's largely motivated by financial gain whereas Satoshi hasn't touched a single of his 1M+ BTC.
If you're interested in serious research about Satoshi's identity, try this paper instead: https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.10257
And your HN account was created right between the release of the white paper and Bitcoin 0.1. Coincidence? Are you Satoshi?!?
That’s about the level of investigative journalism performed by NYT here. Thanks for being sensible.
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As per the quotes, it could've been that he had read them, liked them and kept repeating them. However given other matching circumstances such as grammar this becomes unlikely. Also, this is just a single journalist; to know precisely this should be outsourced to a company doing forensics.
> The most plausible explanation is that Satoshi is either dead or incapacitated.
He could have lost the key and doesn't want to be a target or ridiculed. Happened to a lot of people.