[startupdiscuss]

Not directly relevant but it got me thinking:

Has anyone tried to use the source code and white paper to figure out who Satoshi Nakamoto might be?

If you can figure it out from binaries, surely there is a lot more info. And you have the github and the blogosphere to compare.

[ainf]

I bet everything he has ever done including the Bitcoin Whitepaper has been analysed very precisely. Satoshi must be an expert in hiding.

[RonMarken]

> Satoshi must be an expert in hiding.

There are allegations that Satoshi may have accidentally slipped up and leaked IP address that was not a Tor exit-node or other anonymous-proxy.

Could either be Satoshi fucking up and not using Tor all the time (has happened to other 'anonymous' entities) or perhaps they needed a clearnet connection for some reason and managed to use another internet connection not attached to any identifiers that would lead back to them despite that.

[bobkazamakis]

he's dead.

[IMSAI8080]

One point in favour of that theory is he has billions of dollars in bitcoin and has never attempted to spend any of it. Or maybe has lost the keys.

[xvedejas]

Two of the top candidates for Satoshi are known to have died as well: Hal Finney and Len Sassaman.

[startupdiscuss]

If he or she were dead, but their writing and code is extant, presumably they could still be identified.