from Hacker News

Bitcoin's God. Years of studying Satoshi led me to a new prime suspect

by jc_811 on 3/29/25, 10:58 AM with 6 comments

• by 6stringmerc on 3/29/25, 2:13 PM

  Great read. A major theme is similar to “separate the art from the artist” emotional conflicts that come with terrible humans creating beautiful things. If true - that Jim had a hand in the creation (as lead or senior team member / director) this totally computes. Humans are irrational. A guy who clearly doesn’t need the money in the original bitcoin wallet, who is more rewarded by the intellectual impact and observable results of his Creature, makes sense to me. Don’t meet your heroes and all that jazz. You might get hosed.

• by jc_811 on 3/29/25, 10:59 AM

  Full un-shortened headline: In Pursuit of the Bitcoin God. Years of studying Satoshi Nakamoto led me to a new prime suspect. What if crypto’s creator is just a jerk?

• by ratg13 on 3/29/25, 3:02 PM

  The author relies heavily on language patterns to try and crack the code of one of the best kept identity secrets.

  As someone that is not notable, but enjoys anonymity, one of my primary tools is mixing up my language.. using words and conversation that I wouldn’t otherwise.. especially the use of British English phrases and spellings.

  I find it rather soothing to know someone who spends so much time on this stuff puts so much weight on these things.

• by rurban on 3/29/25, 1:04 PM

  He investigated James "Jim" A. Donald

• by more_corn on 3/29/25, 5:37 PM

  Can we just stop with this already? Every false positive ruins someone’s life.