[ExI] Satoshi Nakamoto

[Adrian Tymes]

On Fri, Aug 7, 2026 at 12:41 PM Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Taking this track would involve someone with a different set of skills from the CEO/management team I have been looking for to tackle a full-scale gasifier project.. I am not suitable to go after a DARPA grant any more than I am to lead a huge business. Among other factors, I have no credibility.

You need a lot less than you think you need, for a Phase I.  Your
existing engineering work will more than suffice, though you do need
to properly document it.  They don't know what you've done; you need
to tell them - everything relevant from college onward (assuming you
got at least a BS; if not, then everything from after primary
education).

> So the first order of business might be to recruit someone with those skills. You have more experience in that area than I do. Any ideas?

That depends.  Do you have any other issues besides that you think
they'd never give you the money?  Put another way: if $200K dropped in
your lap tomorrow, no strings attached other than that you make some
tiny piece of a prototype, could you actually make some tiny piece of
a prototype?

If that is your only issue with you running it, there's help for that.
The SBIR program includes (or included in 2024, and I suspect it may
still be in place) paid-for assistance in writing Phase I SBIR grants
- in other words, convincing the government to fund you.  They call
this assistance "Phase 0".  They do this because they are well aware
that a lot of people with good ideas the government would like to
fund, incorrectly* think they have no credibility to convince the
government to fund them.

* It's the government that's making the call.  They know the types of
projects and people that they'll fund.  You can be as sure as you want
that they'd never fund you if you applied, and cite all the evidence
you want - but you do realize that is ultimately their call, not a
decision you can make for them, right?  You can no more make that call
for them, than decide what Spike or I are having for dessert tonight.

If that is your only issue with getting the government to give you the
money, I can introduce you (off-list) to the folks who helped us with
our Phase I, on the understanding that paid-for assistance from them
won't/can't begin until the DOE releases the relevant funding
opportunity (which, as noted earlier, is expected later this year),
though you can talk to them to set up for that.