Video: BBC - Creator of Bitcoin digital cash reveals identity

[LiteCoinGuy]

Creator of Bitcoin digital cash reveals identity

Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright has publicly identified himself as Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36168863


Until know there are no solid proofs that everybody can check.

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EDIT 2: Debunked!

The signature in Wright's post is just pulled straight from a transaction on the blockchain. Convert the base64 signature from his post (MEUCIQDBKn1Uly8m0UyzETObUSL4wYdBfd4ejvtoQfVcNCIK4AIgZmMsXNQWHvo6KDd2Tu6euEl13VTC3ihl6XUlhcU+fM4=) to hex (3045022100c12a7d54972f26d14cb311339b5122f8c187417dde1e8efb6841f55c34220ae0022066632c5cd4161efa3a2837764eee9eb84975dd54c2de2865e9752585c53e7cce), and you get the signature found in this transaction input: https://blockchain.info/tx/828ef3b079f9 ... 86e85b4a69...

Note that the base64 string at the top of his post isn't a signature, just a cleartext message: " Wright, it is not the same as if I sign Craig Wright, Satoshi.\n\n".

Now the only question is how he fooled Gavin. I would imagine this story will still get spread around some naive channels for a while, just like the last time Wright tried something like this.

Credit goes to jouke in #bitcoin for figuring it out.

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EDIT: Current opinion: still skeptical. Here is the public cryptographic "proof": http://www.drcraigwright.net/jean-paul- ... ing-signif...

Something still seems off to me, why does he go into such specific detail in verifying the signature? I would have assumed he would just let people figure out the verification themselves. But maybe I'm just skeptical because Satoshi having a public identity takes some of the magic away.

As pointed out by maaku, he never revealed what message the signature is supposed to be signing.

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My Original Post:

Everyone in this thread is already taking this as the truth. But remember that Wright has not publicly released any cryptographic proof, there is only a claim from BBC that he showed the signature to them and a few magazines.

This strikes me as a little strange since originally Satoshi pretty much only interacted with the community via the bitcoin mailing list. Why did he "reveal" the proof by sending it to some magazines rather than emailing the mailing list?

It really seems like the person who created Bitcoin, a trustless system based on cryptographic proof, wouldn't make everyone take his word on his identity when it could be trivially solved with one email.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11609707

https://twitter.com/_jonasschnelli_/sta ... 4615030784



we should be careful. still waiting for more informations and a solid proof. until know he is only an attention grabber.

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Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto

Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto. He wasn’t Satoshi Nakamoto before or after Wired and Gizmodo suspected him to be last year, and he still isn’t Satoshi Nakamoto after trying to reveal himself to be on his own blog and to The BBC, The Economist, GQ, Jon Matonis and Gavin Andresen.

https://www.nikcub.com/posts/craig-wrig ... -nakamoto/

[ringailaART]

Personally, I don't care..and if anything, I'm actually disappointed to see a face.

Bitcoin moves on, it long surpassed a single individual or even a group.

[martin_coin]

Now Bitcoin is more than a single person or even a group of them. Something out of control.

[tey]

Did he prove ownership of the 1million btcs?

[ctombm]

This is an example of fraud at its highest form.

[ringailaART]

NOT HIM AGAIN IVE JUST WATCHED THE INTERVIEW ON THE BBC... HE IS A FRAUD LIKE ALL THE OTHERS. IF HE WAS SATOSHI WHY REVEAL YOURSELF? WHY WOULD YOU GO ON BBC?... IF HE IS SATOSHI THE CIA AND FBI WOULD HAVE ARRESTED HIM STRAIGHT AWAY. THE FACTS DON'T ADD UP! WHERES HIS 1M BTC WALLET! AND WORST OF ALL! THE GUY IS JUST SMUG! LIKE HE'S FOOLED EVERYONE! I WORRY FOR HIS MENTAL CAPACITY... "I want to protect my friends and family" SAYING YOU ARE SATOSHI IS NO WAY TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY!

I NEED PROOF!!

(sorry for the caps guys since the news came out I've just been angry with everything)

I can imagine how you feel. Personally, I'm also disappointed with this news, especially if it's all legit.

BUT

It doesn't matter. Really. Even if he is Satoshi, and even if he still has keys for 1M bitcoins-it doesn't matter. What will happen? He will sell them all? Price would dive down (once) and then it would bounce back again-end of the story.

As for, why he is doing it? I don't know, maybe he wants some fame and attentions-it's his choice and it doesn't matter.

[Chris]

I believe that he is the Bitcoin creator

[ctombm]

I know you are right.. I just think all the work everyone has done for Bitcoin that it deserves more then Craig "Faketoshi" Wright. Life goes on and so does Bitcoin

[inBitweTrust]

He is proving to be a fraud again -

https://dankaminsky.com/2016/05/02/vali ... hi-or-not/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/commen ... worthless/

[LiteCoinGuy]

"I have not done this because it is what I wanted. It's not because of my choice," he said, adding that he had no plans to become the figurehead for bitcoins.

"I really do not want to be the public face of anything," he said, expressing regret that he had been forced to reveal his identity.

"I would rather not do it," he said. "I want to work, I want to keep doing what I want to do. I don't want money. I don't want fame. I don't want adoration. I just want to be left alone."

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36168863




And his Website looks like this:



this does not fit very well.

[LiteCoinGuy]

Craig Wright Claims He's Bitcoin Creator Satoshi -- Experts Fear An Epic Scam

Peter Todd, a core Bitcoin developer, said the “proof” was “like photocopying someone else’s signature on a publicly available document and claiming it’s proof you are them”. “Because the proof provided is non-existent, and Craig has a history of scams, this could simply be part of a bigger scam.”

Emin Gün Sirer, associate professor at Cornell and cryptocurrency expert, agreed the information provided by Wright was far from conclusive, suspecting “a deliberate attempt to deceive”. “I’m still waiting for cryptographic proof,” he added. “Even with cryptographic proof, there’s still the possibility that the real Satoshi’s keys may have been compromised or reverse engineered.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrews ... a04c97708f

[LiteCoinGuy]

https://twitter.com/dakami/status/727135599702876160

[arnoudk]

Wright is not Satoshi.

If Wright is Satoshi, he has an easy way to prove it beyond reasonable doubt. He could sign a message with the genesis block, and make that available. That takes 1 minute to do, and it would get validated by cryptographic experts (after it got enough attention in the community).

If you have an easy way to prove something, but choose to use a difficult way to prove this same thing - you are up to something.

I'm curious what proof Gavin was given to convince him. It seems he was given the exact type of proof that I described above - but then he can't reproduce it because he does not have it.

[LiteCoinGuy]

Craig Wright's New Evidence That He Is Satoshi Nakamoto Is Worthless

When Craig Wright, an Australian businessman, was singled out last year as being Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous creator of bitcoin, the claims were met with widespread skepticism. The evidence at the time was either too circumstantial to be believable, or was likely fabricated.

https://motherboard.vice.com/read/craig ... -worthless

[gregnie]

http://www.drcraigwright.net/ was created a few month ago, maybe it's not his website. Maybe theymos created it.

[LiteCoinGuy]

Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto

Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto. He wasn’t Satoshi Nakamoto before or after Wired and Gizmodo suspected him to be last year, and he still isn’t Satoshi Nakamoto after trying to reveal himself to be on his own blog and to The BBC, The Economist, GQ, Jon Matonis and Gavin Andresen.

https://www.nikcub.com/posts/craig-wrig ... -nakamoto/

[LiteCoinGuy]

Craig Wright Won't Provide More Proof He Created Bitcoin

In a stunning reversal, Craig Wright – the Australian academic who on Monday sparked a media frenzy with his efforts to prove that he is the pseudonymous creator of bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto – now says he will not provide any more proof as previously indicated.

http://www.coindesk.com/craig-wright-wo ... oto-proof/


Surprise surprise.