“Satoshi Nakamoto” is the pseudonym used by the person(s) who created Bitcoin. We do not know who they are, whether they are still alive, whether it was more than one person, whether they were a ‘good person’ or a ‘bad person.’ Geometric proofs and Euclid’s identity. You know parallel lines don’t intersect in a three-dimensional space because when you studied the proofs in school, you started from certain axioms, and if they were violated there was an absurd outcome. The axioms hold true not because Euclid told us they do, but because we have independently verified their truth. Bitcoin works not because Satoshi Nakamoto said so, but because we have independently verified the operations underpinning it and continue to use it ourselves. It does not matter who Satoshi is, any more than it matters who Euclid is.

This is part of a talk which took place at the JW Marriott Sahar (International Airport) on March 26th 2017 in Mumbai, India: https://www.townscript.com/e/bitcoin-talk-by-the-world-famous-andreas-antonopoulos-203132

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Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin.

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Website: https://antonopoulos.com/

He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Internet-Money-collection-Andreas-Antonopoulos/dp/1537000454/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

MASTERING BITCOIN: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Cryptocurrencies/dp/1449374042

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37 COMMENTS

  1. Thank you Andreas, for all your work and gospel, it brought me meaning to live in a way.
    Its sad that Hal Finney died, he is/was Satoshi I assume together with Nick Szabo, Also I think Dorian was in the ''think-group'', not possible they chose the name coincidently while Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto lived in the same small town as Hal Finney. Together they deserve the credit anyway, even if its not completely acurate. Brilliant minds in an uncomprehensively complex world.

  2. I have a question. I love cryptos super intetesting. However, i dont understand the exchange…
    I mean most exchanges are asking for ID now. And they basically set up centrally. Because… they store that information on a database no?
    So how is it decentralised?

  3. Always thought parallel lines meet at "infinity". Also, don't we all know who Euclid was? Or at least that it was a "he"? Or maybe knowing him is just part of the Greek culture and the rest of the world doesn't know?

  4. It is safe for me no matter how BTC goes. It goes bad, ppl will forget me; It goes well, there's no need to hide anymore someday. I'll reinterduce myself whether there is anyone cares.

  5. whole BTC concept is totally fake when you don't know the founder how can you invest your hard earned ? one day people across the globe will get trap into this resulting into recession worldwide
    few bunch of people holds large number of bitcoins, 40lkh bitcoins stolen by hackers, 2 lkh transactions pending, money not been transferred from your wallet to your bank account,bitcoin exchange getting closed all of sudden.,only 2.1 crores bitcoins to be made & in 2140 its price going to get zero again, I tell you it's going to get very sooner & all who have invested will literally cry bcoz in world there is no quick rich scheme & even though many countries have adopted it, reasonable amount of questions needs to be ask for bcoz government given the permissions as they see as great tax collections but they are not interested if you make losses in it.
    INVEST CAREFULLY BCOZ WHATEVER THAT HAS BEEN TOLD ITS NOT EVEN ON PAPER NO ASSETS NOTHING. GOD SAVES YOU ALL???

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