Comment by Aboutplants

7 hours ago

Time to find out who Satoshi Nakamoto is

IMO its https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Finney_(computer_scientist...

I read a few years back a report that the DoD had unmasked him via stylometry (i.e. matched his writing style to forum posts).

That was a throw-away name, and "he" was fabricated as part of an Nvidia demand-stimulation black op.

You don't go from being an obscure video card outfit to the #1 most valuable company on the planet by being too hesitant or dim to really get creative.

  • This is one of the best conspiracies I've ever heard...

    • It does provide an explanation as to why Satoshi’s wallets have gone untouched (besides him being dead). $70B ain’t that much compared to a $5T market cap.

    • "Conspiracy" requires an unlawful or wrongful purpose. Please assume that the op was run from a jurisdiction where using a pseudonym on the internet was not illegal, and various sorts of influencer and meme marketing were well-accepted practices.

      Really, compared to an animated tiger telling kids that sugar-laden Frosted Flakes(tm) are "Great!", Task Peppermint was positively benevolent.

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