The revelation could send shockwaves through cryptocurrency markets and beyond.

Intriguingly, as the date for the airing of the documentary has drawn near, a number of high-value wallets from the “Satoshi era” have become active for the first time since 2009.

    • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8013·
      2 months ago

      Not really, all it requires is someone to produce a signed message with one of Satoshi’s private keys, which can be easily verified with the public addresses on the blockchain. Whoever produced that message can be proven to possess that private key. Nothing short of that would be believable by the crypto nerds.

      If we presume that Satoshi understood that Bitcoin may be valuable one day and kept the keys private, that would mean that the signer really is Satoshi, or one of his associates or heirs Satoshi trusted wih access. Even if that person wasn’t actually Satoshi, their word on who it is would be considered authoritative.

      Unless it’s Craig. Fuck that guy. Nobody believes him.

            • thann@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              63·
              2 months ago

              “Extraordinary” means outside the realm of ordinary. Signing a message is very ordinary

              EDIT: Sorry I ment to say: saying “I own a key” is ordinary, and signing a message is the ordinary way to prove you own the key

              • jungle@lemmy.worldEnglish
                10·
                2 months ago

                Saying you know who Satoshi is, that’s the claim, and that’s an extraordinary claim.

    • frezikEnglish
      125·
      2 months ago

      I hate how this phrase has been abused so much. There’s nothing particularly extraordinary here–we’re not talking about bigfoot or aliens–and the whole point of a documentary like this is to lay out evidence.

    • yesman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      112·
      2 months ago

      Where is the extraordinary claim? Pigs have been unmasking bitcoin owners for years. And the tools they use wouldn’t be out of reach for an amateur detective or journalist.

      There are laws and regulations to keep people out of your Visa statement, but the bitcoin ledger is pubic for anybody who cares to look.