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Mystery creator of Bitcoin identified, new HBO documentary claims (www.politico.eu)

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Intriguingly, as the date for the airing of the documentary has drawn near, a number of high-value wallets from the "Satoshi era" have become active for the first time since 2009.

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[-] dhork@lemmy.world 67 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not really, all it requires is someone to produce a signed message with one of Satoshi's private keys, which can be easily verified with the public addresses on the blockchain. Whoever produced that message can be proven to possess that private key. Nothing short of that would be believable by the crypto nerds.

If we presume that Satoshi understood that Bitcoin may be valuable one day and kept the keys private, that would mean that the signer really is Satoshi, or one of his associates or heirs Satoshi trusted wih access. Even if that person wasn't actually Satoshi, their word on who it is would be considered authoritative.

Unless it's Craig. Fuck that guy. Nobody believes him.

[-] jungle@lemmy.world 67 points 1 month ago

That is the extraordinary evidence being referenced.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago

Ordinary claims require ordinary evidence, then?

[-] jungle@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

No, because it's an extraordinary claim.

[-] thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"Extraordinary" means outside the realm of ordinary. Signing a message is very ordinary

EDIT: Sorry I ment to say: saying "I own a key" is ordinary, and signing a message is the ordinary way to prove you own the key

[-] suigenerix@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Sure, anyone can sign with a key. Having THE key is the extraordinary part.

[-] jungle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Saying you know who Satoshi is, that's the claim, and that's an extraordinary claim.

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