[P2P-F] Fwd: concerning your twitter message, here is my email

[Devin Balkind]

I was at the BItcoin Conference this weekend.  The lead Bitcoin developer,
Gavin, said his only contact with Sathoshi was through conventional software
development channels and email exchanges from anonymous accounts.  Gavin
hasn't heard from Sathoshi since he handed the project off to him a few
months ago.  The general consensus among conference attendees was that
"Sathoshi" was a native English speaker and highly skilled
developer/cryptographer who probably has worked for large institutions
(intelligence, corporate, etc.)  The conference tshirts said "I am Sathoshi"
on the front.  I don't think he's going to pop up anytime soon.

On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Michel Bauwens
<michel at p2pfoundation.net>wrote:

> just in case, does anyone have any info on sathoshi, the original developer
> of Bitcoin?
>
> below a request of an american journalist,
>
> Michel
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Michel Bauwens <michel at p2pfoundation.net>
> Date: Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 9:09 PM
> Subject: Re: concerning your twitter message, here is my email
> To: Adrian Chen <adrian at gawker.com>
> Cc: jaromil <jaromil at dyne.org>, jaron <jaron at ypsite.net>
>
>
> my guess is that he is a shy, perhaps autistic, Japanese geek, who is just
> overwhelmed by the attention ... I did see report but didn't keep the links,
> as to the effect that he had 'retired' from the project,
>
> Michel
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Adrian Chen <adrian at gawker.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, I haven't been able to find much outside of his forum posts. Thanks
>> for the help, anyway. There are rumors that he used to post to the
>> Cypherpunks email list back in the late 90s, if that helps jog anything...
>>
>> -Adrian
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Michel Bauwens <michel at p2pfoundation.net
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Adrian,
>>>
>>> unfortunately, he seems in 'hiding' and I even heard he's no longer
>>> involved in bitcoin, now developed and funded by a libertarian group ...
>>>
>>> just in case, perhaps my hacker friend Jaromil knows more ...
>>>
>>> Michel
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Adrian Chen <adrian at gawker.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Michel,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for getting back to me. I'm working on a story about Satoshi
>>>> Nakamoto and Bitcoin. I saw that Nakamoto posted on the p2p foundation forum
>>>> a while ago and was wondering if you might have had any communication with
>>>> him after or before that post. Obviously, he's quite mysterious, and I'd be
>>>> interested in hearing about your interactions with him, if there were any.
>>>> And if you know anyone who might know more, please do let me know.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Adrian
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Adrian Chen
>>>> Staff Writer, Gawker
>>>> 802.683.9996
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 5:27 AM, Michel Bauwens <
>>>> michel at p2pfoundation.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> hi adrian,
>>>>>
>>>>> feel free to get in touch,
>>>>>
>>>>> Michel
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Adrian Chen
>> Staff Writer, Gawker
>> 802.683.9996
>>
>>
>>
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