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

[Michel Bauwens]

interesting ... I didn't know he would be a native english speakers, I see
jaromil confirms this as well ..



On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Devin Balkind <devin at sarapisfoundation.org
> wrote:

> 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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