Yesterday, another surely mentally stable character stood up and claimed the title of bitcoin's creator - exciting because it's been awhile since we had some freshly baked Nakamoto!
The big reveal began with 'teasers' starting a few weeks back, followed by 3 days of extra hype, ending with the name announcement...
It was none other than James Bilal Caan! Well, now it all makes sense!
Just kidding, I have no idea who he is either, but imagine our luck - he has something to promote!
"Satoshi Nakamoto Renaissance Holdings" is ready to provide 'industry-leading Blockchain products and services' which at first sounded extremely vague, then I thought... if anyone can do it all, it's Satoshi!
Before you go asking why a billionaire like Satoshi is now available to hire, you need to understand everyone makes mistakes, and on that note 'oops' - he lost the hard drive containing the keys needed to access the approximate 1 million BTC.
I really doubt we'll be hearing much from Caan in the future, by any standard this publicity stunt was a flop, it would be too sad to watch if they try to drag this on any longer.
To me, there is only ONE real fake Satoshi...
I don't even need to say the name - that's how official it is.
Imposers like Caan aren't even worth a second of his time, as he traveled around the world to meet some faithful believers in Colombia.
Check out this totally not-creepy video of the one and only, mingling with fans...
If at first you don't succeed, try a 3rd world country where about half the population doesn't have a high school education.
But seriously, here's what it comes down to...
I love this stuff, and god bless Craig, and even the new guy who's name I already forgot. You can't put a price tag on entertainment like this.
But while some people make jokes, and other people argue the technical aspects of someone proving they're Satoshi, debating if Craig's best evidence is just forged backdated PGP keys, etc - I will forever be hung up on one simple factor...
How did Satoshi apparently go through the biggest personality transformation I've ever seen in a person?
Anyone can look back at the e-mails exchanged during Bitcoin's creation. As the real Satoshi took on building such a complex system from scratch, which no doubt was full of frustrating moments - he remains calm, cool and collected.
There's so many examples of the real Satoshi's communications you can get a feel for how he conducts himself - he's never over-emotional, always rational, not impulsive, or vulgar, or angry -even at high-stress moments most coders would be.
It's not surprising these unique traits created something equally unique.
So don't tell me it turns out this whole time he was really just another easily-triggered spotlight-loving attention whore, always ready to give a big "f*ck you" to anyone who disagrees with them.
I'll also add, to be fair - while i'm convinced Craig isn't Satoshi, he's also not a lot of the things his opponents say. Anyone saying Craig is 'stupid' or 'an idiot' is lying as well.
Obnoxious? Yes. Stupid? No.
This isn't my first role in media, at one point I worked for the largest broadcasting company in the nation, I say this because I saw the same thing there, that we're seeing here.. often.
A dark side of human nature can drown out that voice inside saying 'you're taking it too far', suddenly a talented person who made real contributions to a project becomes overwhelmed with the desire to take full credit for it.
That's why, for me personally, until I see some transactions on the blockchain from a wallet belonging to the real Satoshi, i'll consider those claiming to be him 'for entertainment purposes only'.
Who do you believe is the real Satoshi? Do you hate that this is even being debated? Or, like me, do you appreciate the endless entertainment it's provided us? Tweet us your thoughts @GlobalCryptoDev
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Author: Ross Davis
E-Mail: Ross@GlobalCryptoPress.com Twitter:@RossFM
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