[ExI] Satoshi Nakamoto

[Giulio Prisco]

He could have just given his private keys to Alcor.

On 2019. May 4., Sat at 14:31, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 8:00 PM Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > *He would have other wallets with much smaller amounts of Bitcoin that
>> he could spend.*
>>
>
> I think the only way that could be true would be if, as some people think,
> former Extromian List member Hal Finney was Satoshi Nakamoto. The reason
> Satoshi Nakamoto has so many Bitcoins is that he didn't have to mine them,
> the system was just designed at the start with him having them. The first
> person to actually mine Bitcoins, and the second name on the blockchain
> after Satoshi Nakamoto, was Hal Finney; after that if Satoshi wanted more
> bitcoins he'd have to mine them just like everybody else.
>
> But if Hal Finney was Satoshi Nakamoto why didn't he donate his Bitcoins
> to Alcor when he died in 2014? After all he knew he was dying and if he
> could trust Alcor to freeze his body you'd think he could trust them with
> his Bitcoins. And if Satoshi never had any intention of spending those
> Bitcoins why did he set it up that way? Maybe he got hit by a bus or
> something.
>
> John K Clark
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