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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 19 January 2024
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Change "Satoshi Nakamoto" to "Satoshi Nakamato". This change will make it conform with the text written in the genesis block. [1]
The text given in the genisis block is: On January 3rd 2009, the Bitcoin network was created when Satoshi Nakamato (the project's mysterious creator) mined the “Genesis” block. The 50 bitcoin coinbase reward is unredeemable, as it was omitted from the transaction database. This means any attempt to spend it would be rejected by the network. Whether this was intentional or not still remains unknown.[2]
Here you can see the founder is "Satoshi Nakamato", and not "Satoshi Nakamoto" like stated in the article. Cbc27 (talk) 13:10, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- Not done: page move requests should be made at Wikipedia:Requested moves. Shadow311 (talk) 16:07, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
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Original research claim of Satoshi's alma mater
"California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (alleged)" was added to the infobox as Satoshi's Alma mater. There must be a reliable source for any allegations according to WP:NOR, but none has been found for the claim about Satoshi's alma mater. Could someone please remove it or provide a credible source?
I've also observed that the same user added this information a year ago, which was subsequently removed following the creation of a discussion topic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Satoshi_Nakamoto/Archive_1#Erroneous_alma_mater_claim." WaterDrinkingHuman (talk) 20:38, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
- @WaterDrinkingHuman, one of the people proposed to be Nakamoto attended that school, but since the true identity of the subject of the article is unconfirmed, it doesn't belong in the infobox. I've removed it. Schazjmd (talk) 20:45, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 26 February 2024
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Anthony Dewayne Hunt = Satoshi Nakamoto Nakamoto2 (talk) 18:12, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
- Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Schazjmd (talk) 18:22, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 28 February 2024
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In popular culture section, add
In television, Satoshi is animated in the Tuttle Twins.[1]
207.96.32.81 (talk) 14:36, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
- Not done: The provided source does not mention Satoshi Nakamoto, is not a reliable source, and the show does not appear to be notable. Jamedeus (talk) 00:22, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 7 March 2024
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The highest value of bitcoin has reached more than 68k$ Benniledl (talk) 16:06, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
- Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Jamedeus (talk) 18:01, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 11 March 2024
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Nakamoto owns between 750,000 and 1,100,000 bitcoin. In November 2021, when Bitcoin hit its still-highest value of over US$68,000, that would have made his net worth up to US$73 billion, making him the 15th-richest person in the world at the time.
The all time high reached in 2021 for bitcoin was beaten on March 11, 2024. On this day Bitcoin reached US$72,344.82. Moyzee0125 (talk) 14:51, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
- Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. GrayStorm(Talk|Contributions) 16:51, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 11 March 2024 (2)
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Change “still highest value of $68,000” to “current highest value of $72,000” AND anything else relatable to this. Ensure to re-edit every now and then to keep accurate.
[1] 2A00:23C5:DD7B:7E01:D0F9:2C76:F42C:600D (talk) 19:08, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
- Partly done: I removed the phrase "still-highest", but didn't touch the rest. The citation verifies his net worth as of November 2021, we cannot extrapolate from this to update his current net worth. Jamedeus (talk) 19:27, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 28 March 2024
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Hey, pls add the gramatik song titled Satoshi Nakamoto to pop culture 163.53.144.27 (talk) 11:29, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
- Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 14:55, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 13 May 2024
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I feel that there should be an explanation of the Len Sassaman testimonial in the blockchain that was eternalised that way after he committed suicide in 2011. Otherwise the image in the Satoshi Nakamoto article is kind of inexplicable.
Use this text form Sassaman's page to fix it.
A presentation given by Kaminsky at the 2011 Black Hat Briefings revealed that a testimonial in honor of Sassaman had been permanently embedded into Bitcoin's blockchain.[1]
I propose something like:
In 2021, developer Evan Hatch proposed cypherpunk Len Sassaman of COSIC as a possible candidate.[80] Sassaman had been mentioned on bitcointalk on 15 March 2013 when a user suggested Sassaman was Satoshi.[81] It's already quite remarkable that Sassaman's image was eternalised in the Bitcoin blockchain shortly after his suicide in the summer of 2011. Hajosmit (talk) 16:09, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
- Partly done: I copied the text and ref from Len Sassaman. I did not use your suggested wording. Schazjmd (talk) 16:16, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
References
- ^ Kaminsky, Dan (August 4, 2011). "Black Ops of TCP/IP 2011". pp. 12–16.
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 8 June 2024
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I'd like to add Isamu Kaneko in Possible identities section between Hal Finney and Dorian Nakamoto based on this post
https://link3.to/orblabs/post/6cf04054fe2a49ffa95ff3cd541499de2f00d2736ac54eedefced1c2732e3408
Here is my summary of the above post. I'd like to add this summary on this Wikipedia page.
Isamu Kaneko (July 1st 1970 - July 6th 2013) was a Japanese computer scientist and programmer well known as the creator of Winny, P2P file sharing software inspired by Freenet, released in January 2002. Mr.masa, serial tech entrepreneur and angel investor in blockchain space who founded Orb, Modular Architecture DPoS based Layer1 which was acquired by SBI in 2018, argue that, based on Hal Finney’s post about the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto on Bitcoin forum, it’s convincingly possible to identify Isamu Kaneko as Satoshi Nakamoto with five reasons.
Firstly, considering his outstanding technical capability and academic background which was also proved by his creating Winny alone, Isamu Kaneko could design and build Bitcoin.
Secondly, Winny is the clear evidence for Isamu Kanako as a Cypherpunk. And, through his friendship with Kenji Saito in MITOH program who was ex Chief Architect of Orb, and invented iWAT, P2P Community Currency System in 2003, it’s quite natural that he shows his interest in creating cryptographic P2P money system.
Thirdly, because of his arrest by Japanese police department and conviction as guilty against his creation of Winny in 2004, he had a clear reason to hide his identity very carefully in order to avoid his second arrest against his invention of Bitcoin. But, he gave us a hint to his identity: he used Japanese name, Satoshi Nakamoto.
Fourthly, he can write (not speak) in English fluently. This means, there is no way for us to conclude he is native English speaker simply because writing fluent English is much easier than speaking fluently. Also, smart person like Satoshi Nakamoto shall be able to write in English very well with using some translation application and also post his messages to the forum or email with using his own software programs to disguise his actual life cycle in order to keep his anonymity carefully.
And finally, within all potential candidates, only Hal Finney and Isamu Kaneko already died, which convinced us why Satoshi Nakamoto never sell his 750K to 1.1M BTC until now.
Thus, we can conclude Isamu Kaneko is Satoshi Nakamoto. He is the only person matches all clues to identify the creator of Bitcoin. mr.masa also criticized that Authoritarians in Japan killed Isamu Kaneko socially. Mrmasa88 (talk) 14:20, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- Not done: A blog post is not a reliable source. One person's self-published speculations lack significance to be included in the article. If independent reliable sources cover the theory, you could submit the request again at the time citing those sources. Schazjmd (talk) 14:28, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- Please don't post text from other sites here. Link is enough. Wikipedia should be based on reliable sources, not random posts. Retimuko (talk) 14:31, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
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