[ExI] Bitcoin

[Keith Henson]

On Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM Darin Sunley via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> I thought we were all pretty sure Satoshi was the late Hal Finney, one of this list's distinguished [and sadly departed] alumni.

Not really departed, Hal is in suspension at Alcor.  You can ask him
when he is revived.

Another departed extropian candidate for me is Tim May.  Tim designed
the anonymous remailer network which was implemented by Eric Hughes
and wrote about the use of untraceable payments for criminal
operations.  Tim is not in suspension, being found dead on the floor
of his home for about a week.

The NYT obituary described him as a reclusive, but he used to show up
at Pensfa meetings and held at least one party after the 89 quake at
his house.

Tim was wealthy enough to have never needed to spend any bitcoins.


Keith

> On Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 6:52 AM Jason Resch via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> Has anyone else seen Money Electric?
>>
>> https://www.hbo.com/movies/money-electric-the-bitcoin-mystery
>>
>> The finding regarding the last post on the message board was quite interesting.
>>
>> Jason
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 5, 2025, 4:26 AM Zero Powers via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>>> It’s actually more like $100 billion. If Wright was Satoshi, he’d be on track to be the richest person in history.
>>>
>>> Satoshi’s wallets are closely watched on the blockchain. If Wright was indeed Satoshi, and wanted to prove it, all he’d have to do is move some of that bitcoin around.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 3:51 PM Keith Henson via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The Trial Over Bitcoin’s True Creator Is in Session
>>>>
>>>> BY JOEL KHALILI
>>>>
>>>> A UK High Court will settle a long-running debate over whether Craig
>>>> Wright really is Satoshi Nakamoto, inventor of Bitcoin. Monday’s
>>>> opening arguments laid the groundwork for both sides.
>>>>
>>>> ^^^^^^
>>>>
>>>> I sort of doubt this.  As I recall, Satoshi mined what is now about a
>>>> billion dollars worth of bitcoins when it was easy to do.  As I
>>>> recall, none of them have ever been used.
>>>>
>>>> If Wright were Satoshi, he would be rich.
>>>>
>>>> Keith
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