It ’s hard not to be curious about the true individuality of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto , since he or she fundamentally just stuck around on the cyberspace long enough to infix Bitcoin / get everyone all riled up and then disappeared . But Ted Nelson , the sociologist who formulate the full term “ hypertext , ” intend he have intercourse who Nakamoto really is , and in thevideobelow he calls out Nipponese mathematicianShinichi Mochizuki .
It ’s just a hunch , though . Nelson recently read an article onProject Wordsworthabout Mochizuki , and after that , “ It was obvious , like a pie in the face . ” essentially Nelson thinks Mochizuki fits the verbal description because he utter smooth-spoken English , is creative enough , and is enough of a mavin to have made Bitcoin find . Nelson contribute thatMochizukihas a account of making numerical discoveries and then just leaving them on the internet for people to find rather than publishing them formally .
Quartzpoints out that citizenry are already pick apart the theory , including data haven and security expertRyan Lackey . Hecommented :
Does the proposed candidate have any documented experience as a software developer ? He appears to just be a mathematician , which is very helpful but not sufficient to have built the first version of Bitcoin . Bitcoin has both some theoretical breakthroughs and telephone extension to existing protocols ( Wei Day ’s bmoney , Hal Finney ’s RPOW , etc . ) , but is implemented clean middling in code .
I see absolutely no understanding to think this mathematician was Satoshi .
Other internet speculator have already landed on Mochizuki as acandidate , though Adam Penenberg add up across other solid contenders in a Fast Companypiecea few years ago . Nelson told Quartz that he will donate one Bitcoin , presently about $ 123 , to charity if Satoshi denies that he fabricate Bitcoin . [ Quartz ]
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