[Hackers]

This is circulating online. Someone put together a list of all the reasons why Jack Dorsey is Satoshi Nakamoto.

I still think I'm the first person to say Satoshi could be Nick A.A. Mathewson, founder of Tor.

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WHY JACK DORSEY IS SATOSHI NAKAMOTO

Jack Dorsey was:

1 of ~1,300 confirmed cypherpunks in 1996 (his UMR email)

Wore an Adam Back t-shirt in the UMR yearbook

UMR students were called Miners

Was a CompSci & Math major with an interest in crypto

Member of ACM in 1997 to at least 1999

Created academic research paper submission & review software for Mira Digital Publishing

Known to use: OpenBSD, Windows, Mac, Linux

Confirmed to code in: C, Python, Java, Perl, PHP, OCaml, JoCaml, Lisp, ObjC and more

Still on the cypherpunk mailing list in 2000 under his dnet .com email

Wrote a manifesto about making a mark without leaving a trace in 2001

Subscriber to cryptome .org in 2001

Made a blog post where he jokingly says he is working on a network for drug traffickers

Posted a bio in 2003 that says he is into crypto, pseudonyms, 4am hacks, and more

Posted in 2003 that he is ending his dependence on the US dollar and creating a barter network

Referred to himself as Jak instead of Jack. Jak was his pseudonym.

Jack, who was a sailor, tweeted on 8/17/08: Around the horn and home again, for that's the sailor's way". Bitcoin .org was registered the next day.

Jack's twitter profile from Sept '07 - Jan '09 said he was a sailor.

The original Bitcoin source code included an old sailor's adage. "Never go to sea with two chronometers; take one or three"

The original Bitcoin source code documents are all timestamped as being created at exactly 4AM, just like Jack's bio

The original Bitcoin source code documents contain a brute forced example vanity bitcoin address that starts with NS17 (Nakamoto Satoshi 1/7 ). The documents were created 1/7/09.

Satoshi accidentally logged into IRC on 1/10/09 using a real IP, revealing he was in California (where Jack was)

The first bitcoin transaction took place on Jack's mom's birthday (1/11/09)

Satoshi joined the bitcoin forum on Jack's birthday (11/19)

Satoshi's last mined block was on Jack's dad's birthday (5/3/10)

Satoshi told Hal in an email about vanity bitcoin addresses and showed him a SECOND one beginning with NS.

Jack sends bitcoin to 4 addresses after Hal, including one that has jD2m in the middle.

Jack lived at 2 Mint Plaza in San Francisco. Jack Dorsey 2 Mint (jD2m).

Satoshi tells Martti Malmi that he is really busy with work. Jack was busy launching his next startup, Square (now Block)

Satoshi tells people on the forum not to donate Bitcoins to Wikileaks on 12/5/10

Twitter is hit with a secret court order with a gag requirement to turn over everything it has about Wikileaks on 12/14/10

Satoshi stopped logging into the forum on 12/13/10 and never returned

Jack is made Executive Chairman of Twitter while remaining CEO of Square on 3/28/11 and he tweets that he is very busy with both

Satoshi sends his last email on 4/23/11

Twitter's tech lead suggests that Twitter might integrate bitcoin payments on 5/23/11

Jack Dorsey calls Bitcoin an Amazing Movement in September 2012 and said that Square would accept it if it became huge and accepted.

Jack's best friend Alyssa Milano writes a novel (Hacktivist) in the Summer of 2013 about Jack, in which she places him as living a double life behind a famous pseudonym

Square announces Bitcoin acceptance on 3/31/14.

Satoshi's gmx email is hacked on 9/8/14 and the hacker attempts to extort Satoshi by sharing that he knows about his connection to St. Louis, Missouri. Jack is from St. Louis.

Alyssa Milano writes a 2nd novel about Jack (Hacktivist). In this one, Jack's famous pseudonym is hijacked and his software developed in a way that was not intended. The hijacker has a logo that looks almost exactly like Gavin Andresen's Bitcoin Faucet logo. It was released in installments with the first one going out on 7/29/15.

Two weeks later on 8/15/15, Satoshi reappears on the bitcoin mailing list to address the bitcoin block size debates. People are shocked about Satoshi's return and some doubt it is really him but could not disprove it.

On 10/15/15, Jack is made permanent CEO of Twitter, officially making him CEO of two companies.

The last installment of Milano's novel about Jack is published, in which its ends by him returning as head to his social network.

Square publishes a children's book in January 2018 to explain the "Legend of Satoshi Nakamoto" in which it makes its Satoshi character look like Jack.

On 4/20/20 Lex Fridman asks Jack if he is Satoshi, to which Jack tells him that he wouldn't admit it to him if he was. This is in contrast to Nick Szabo, Adam Back, and Hal Finney all saying explicitly that they were not Satoshi.

On 5/25/20 - 145 very old bitcoin addresses signed a message stating that Craig Wright was not Satoshi and that he was a liar and a fraud. The oldest bitcoin address that signed the message started with 1jak (Jack's old pseudonym) and the oldest that signed it contained HiSQ in the middle. SQ is the ticker for his company Square.

In February of 2022 Jack starts wearing a Satoshi shirt, first on a Michael Saylor podcast and then at the Super Bowl.

On 10/27/23, Jack said at a conference that "Bitcoin and Satoshi in 2009 was a combination of my childhood and my curiosity and everything that I aspired to be and everything I loved."

Craig Wright's attorneys argue in early 2024 that if Craig Wright was not Satoshi "then the real Satoshi would have been expected to come forward to counter the claim." It did not dawn on them that the person countering the claim was Jack Dorsey, who was the basis for the COPA v Wright legal challenge to begin with. Jack Dorsey came forward to counter the claim.

On 7/21/24 Jack wrote on Nostr, "I frequently imagine Satoshi sitting back somewhere and laughing at it all."

On 8/28/24 Jack went on Nostr and thanked Hal Finney (now deceased) for his help.

Jack parades himself around in a Satoshi shirt.

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The belief that Satoshi never wanted to be found is something that other people invented about Satoshi. Satoshi chose pseudonymity, not anonymity, as Jack so pointed out in a podcast with Lex Fridman. The reason why Jack would do all of the above, while not directly admitting it, is because Satoshi and bitcoin are his art. And it's a masterpiece.

As seen here:
https://nitter.net/search?f=tweets&q=htt...9035110558

Mirror:
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?f=t...9035110558

[badbart]

That’s some ostensibly inconspicous idea but interesting and catchy.

[Omniscient]

The mystery of who Satoshi is I pray never gets solved. I wouldn't think it's Dorsey though.

[Beaks]

The mystery of who Satoshi is I pray never gets solved. I wouldn't think it's Dorsey though.

Do you think if Satoshi's identity is revealed / discovered they would be at risk for their life?

[Pr0m3th3us]

And im Elon Musk. Whats it matter?

[flyingduck]

And im Elon Musk. Whats it matter?

dear elom, pls bless me with 10 billioms. thx kind sir.

[Hackers]

And im Elon Musk. Whats it matter?

Are you excited for your criminal trial in 2028, no later than 2032 and hopefully sooner?

dear elom, pls bless me with 10 billioms. thx kind sir.

I think the USA should seize all 400+ billion based on Musk violating his original student visa when he first came.
As an illegal immigrant he should be deported to South Africa & have all of his funds and companies legally taken.
:)

[Mewtwo]

Are you excited for your criminal trial in 2028, no later than 2032 and hopefully sooner?


I think the USA should seize all 400+ billion based on Musk violating his original student visa when he first came.
As an illegal immigrant he should be deported to South Africa & have all of his funds and companies legally taken.
:)

By the time it’s 2028 or 2032, he gonna be a trillionaire lmfao. Probably gonna be worth more than Apple

[Hackers]

By the time it’s 2028 or 2032, he gonna be a trillionaire lmfao. Probably gonna be worth more than Apple

Perhaps, perhaps.
Unfortunately for Musk, the White House clarified in the last 24 hours that Musk is NOT a federal employee or leader of DOGE.
The fine print: He is doing everything he is doing as a private citizen. Private citizens have no authority or legal right to demand anything from agencies, which is exactly what Musk is doing. In other words, the White House is laying the groundwork for proving that Elon Musk has acted in an illegal capacity - not appointed by Trump in any official capacity. As countless judges, fed employees, and others sue DOGE for illegal access to data & illegal requests & illegal firings, it's highly likely that Musk is being setup as the fall guy.

https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=6292633

This is most likely the start of the Trump/Musk separation. Trump would be wise to push away from him.

I will not rule out a scenario where Trump actually blames 100% of the DOGE changes on Musk and the people he is leading (as an unauthorized, private citizen). This would be logical for Trump's team to prevent DOGE's illegal changes being blamed on Trump himself.

I do think we'll see pushback and charges against Musk sooner than 2028, but certainly within the next administration's term.

[Bullup]

Why do people always think that Nakamoto is a western developer from origin lol so much ego of western culture, his name clearly says he's not western from origin.

Either way lets all hope that we never find out who he is... I invest in crypto in the hopes it becomes mainstream, not for it to turn out just a small niche industry.

All that being said, Jack could have played some sort of role in the creation of bitcoin or its concept, for sure yes.

[Hackers]

Why do people always think that Nakamoto is a western developer from origin lol so much ego of western culture, his name clearly says he's not western from origin.

Either way lets all hope that we never find out who he is... I invest in crypto in the hopes it becomes mainstream, not for it to turn out just a small niche industry.

I know it's not what you believe, but look into Nick A.A. Mathewson:

> His name is an anagram for Satoshi Nakamoto

> He posted articles about decentralized finance around same time as Satoshi & Bitcoin papers

> He created libevents, which is used in original Bitcoin source code

> He temporarily stopped releasing research papers when Bitcoin started really taking off

> He founded Tor, collaborating with the U.S. Navy / military to create a network they could monitor, and use themselves for opsec purposes

> He mentions Hal Finney & other similar names in a document

> Had Asian-influenced web domains in the past

> Goes by "nickm" online, which is a similar syllable structure "nakam" "nickm"

> He specifically thanks Adam Back in his research paper "Adam Back for suggesting telescoping circuits; and Cathy Meadows for formal analysis of the extend protocol. This work has been supported by ONR and DARPA" : https://svn-archive.torproject.org/svn/p...design.pdf

> Other similarities exist too. I have about a dozen other reasons that Nick Mathewson COULD be Satoshi.

My theory is that Nick AA Mathewson was tasked with creating BTC, but that he would've had no access to the original wallets.

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Satoshi Nakamoto is not an American name, but that's irrelevant.
He could've named himself "George Washington" and turned out to be Australian.
I don't think we should think too deeply into the name, but there are many reasons a Westernized engineer would choose Satoshi Nakamoto as a name.

[Bullup]

I know it's not what you believe, but look into Nick A.A. Mathewson:

> His name is an anagram for Satoshi Nakamoto

> He posted articles about decentralized finance around same time as Satoshi & Bitcoin papers

> He created libevents, which is used in original Bitcoin source code

> He temporarily stopped releasing research papers when Bitcoin started really taking off

> He founded Tor, collaborating with the U.S. Navy / military to create a network they could monitor, and use themselves for opsec purposes

> He mentions Hal Finney & other similar names in a document

> Had Asian-influenced web domains in the past

> Goes by "nickm" online, which is a similar syllable structure "nakam" "nickm"

> He specifically thanks Adam Back in his research paper "Adam Back for suggesting telescoping circuits; and Cathy Meadows for formal analysis of the extend protocol. This work has been supported by ONR and DARPA" : https://svn-archive.torproject.org/svn/p...design.pdf

> Other similarities exist too. I have about a dozen other reasons that Nick Mathewson COULD be Satoshi.

My theory is that Nick AA Mathewson was tasked with creating BTC, but that he would've had no access to the original wallets.

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Satoshi Nakamoto is not an American name, but that's irrelevant.
He could've named himself "George Washington" and turned out to be Australian.
I don't think we should think too deeply into the name, but there are many reasons a Westernized engineer would choose Satoshi Nakamoto as a name.

What i believe is that both Jack and Nick can have played a role in the creation of bitcoin for sure, maybe they even both did who knows, i just hope that we never find out.

I do think that Satoshi Nakamoto is not just 1 individual tho, the human brain is made to look for other people and accomplish things together, and imagine walking around with the idea of creating bitcoin, like nakamoto had, you would at the very least share that idea with someone, i can't imagine 1 person doing this and holding it for himself for ever, im confident he had people that he was in contact with and who share the same values and ideas as him, I find that hard to believe he did all alone.

I think Nakamoto isn't 1 individual, i think it are 2 or 3 individuals, most likely 2. And i hope we never find out who.

[Hackers]

What i believe is that both Jack and Nick can have played a role in the creation of bitcoin for sure, maybe they even both did who knows, i just hope that we never find out.

I do think that Satoshi Nakamoto is not just 1 individual tho, the human brain is made to look for other people and accomplish things together, and imagine walking around with the idea of creating bitcoin, like nakamoto had, you would at the very least share that idea with someone, i can't imagine 1 person doing this and holding it for himself for ever, im confident he had people that he was in contact with and who share the same values and ideas as him, I find that hard to believe he did all alone.

I think Nakamoto isn't 1 individual, i think it are 2 or 3 individuals, most likely 2. And i hope we never find out who.

Yeah I don't think it's 1 person either.
I do think it's a team technically, regardless of who was the leader of the group.

My main theory about Nick M is that he was just doing work for the US Gov and that the US Gov created Bitcoin to have a fully transparent & easily tracked financial system. They can use BTC much like they use Tor - hide in plainsight, in a transparent system that has no "owner".

I too hope we never find out, for the stability of Bitcoin itself.

[Bullup]

Yeah I don't think it's 1 person either.
I do think it's a team technically, regardless of who was the leader of the group.

My main theory about Nick M is that he was just doing work for the US Gov and that the US Gov created Bitcoin to have a fully transparent financial system, just like what they achieved with Tor.

What people need to do is find (perhaps at least) 2 individuals who were in contact around that time in some way, and share similar believes and interests, that are related to the creation of a decentralized currency and had the knowledge to make bitcoin.

They should look for a duo or bigger, not just 1 person. And they should also look outside the US.

People just copium it's someone in the US, and it's 1 individual.
It's not a damn movie lol.

Either way lets hope for the future of crypto that we never find out, it's crazy that crypto's entire future depends on this.

[Hackers]

What people need to do is find (perhaps at least) 2 individuals who were in contact around that time in some way, and share similar believes and interested, that are related to the creation of a decentralized currency and had the knowledge to make bitcoin.

Nick AA Mathewson, lol!


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Here he mentions Hal Finney & Eric Hughes as influences in his mixminion project:

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Anonymous remailers were also a big part of early Bitcoin newsletters & communications:
http://bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/cypherpunk-a...s-remailer

https://github.com/nmathewson/mixminion-...e/FAQ.html

There's more, but this stood out too... He created a word list for seed generation:
https://github.com/nmathewson/misc1993/b.../WORDS.CPP

In here he uses phrases like this:

the government is the enemy#\
Big Brother#\
watch TV#\
buy now#\
destroy#\
main#\
hurt#\
kill#\
free love#\
God is dead.#\
tickle#\
can't trust anyone#\

In this wordlist he also mentions Bertrand. This could be a reference to Jonathan Bertrend, an early adopter of Bitcoin.
It could also be a reference to Bertrand Russell.
Either way, Bertrand is a name that has ties to math, algorithms, and immutable logic.

I have to stop here for now, food for thought though.