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[Nocty]

... and it could be a videogame developer.

I'm not sure entirely who found this, or if it has any legs but it is quite interesting to say the least. As of writing I am quite sure this is the most plausible theory on who the famed crypto creator is.

If any of you remember a videogame from back in the days called, Space Quest IV (1991)

The game has coins called Buckazoids, which contain a very similar symbol to the Bitcoin logo.

So the developers of this game just so happen to be Sierra Online, and well sorry for the cringey podcast clip, someone did a quick summary of it here:



What say you GaF? It could be one hell of a coincidence? or are this trio the creators of BTC with one being frozen for the future?

 

[SJRB]

Yeah sure, why not. That might was well be true.

Funniest bit will always be Hal Finey's dead body being in cryostasis. Cryo is like the dumbest sci-fi trope.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Cryo is like the dumbest sci-fi trope.

Yup, freezing your body will cause massive cellular damage throughout, there is no way you can freeze someone and then unfreeze them, if they are not dead already you just killed them by freezing them.

 

[thefool]

It's a B with money lines. Literally nothing.

 

[PuppetMaster]

One Piece had B with dollar lines for its main currency since before Bitcoin. And way less obscure than this coincidence.

 

[Tams]

 

[ReBurn]

I find your lack of closing parentheses disturbing

 

[Major Insano]

Yup, freezing your body will cause massive cellular damage throughout, there is no way you can freeze someone and then unfreeze them, if they are not dead already you just killed them by freezing them.

Well maybe the future will bring with it tech that can repair that damage?
It's not as stupid as time-travel or transporters and warp-speed from ST imo.

But anyway, didn't some Australian guy prove he was the founder in court?
(I will look it up later)

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Big if true. They lost me on the Hal Finney = Cold Storage. But the rest is compelling.

 

[Brakum]

It's a B with money lines. Literally nothing.

That was my initial thought. Pretty standard to just put lines through a letter for a currency logo. But if the other video is true, then that's sus. Two developers, one called satoshi and one called nakamoto, both knew hal finney? Yeah if that video is true then this is pretty solid evidence.

But i just googled the game and it just sounds made up. The wiki lists the directors, designers, programmers, artists, etc and none have those names.

 

[AJUMP23]

What this feels like.

 

[Trogdor1123]

I love how there are mysterious things like this in the world.

Doesn't the creator have like 1/2 of all the coins still or something?

 

[SJRB]

I love how there are mysterious things like this in the world.

Doesn't the creator have like 1/2 of all the coins still or something?

He owns over a million bitcoin which would be worth 125 BILLION dollars.

 

[FullMetalx117]

I like the jack dorsey theory, only because it makes so much sense with square which he was trying to get going at the time

 

[readonly]

Gotta be Hal Finney. Sent himself a test transaction. Seems the most logical thing to do if your creating something.

 

[SJRB]

Gotta be Half Finney. Sent himself a test transaction. Seems the most logical thing to do if your creating something.

Probably. You don't send something to a rando, you send it to someone involved.

Occam's razor and all that.

 

[Nocty]

the plot thickens

 

[Divus]

This is old news. This was found years ago and went nowhere.

It was likely Hal or Hal and maybe John Nash. Both dead now.

 

[Chittagong]

He owns over a million bitcoin which would be worth 125 BILLION dollars.

Since they never moved, will there come ever a point where they are redeemed truly lost and this is reflected in BTC value?

 

[violence]

Two people that worked on Space Quest 4 were Rod Nakamoto and Satoshi Uesaka.

The creator of Bitcoin's name is Satoshi Nakamoto.

If that coin image had the number 21 on it… Not sure there would be any denying it… i'd be like Jim Carrey in that number 23 movie that I've never seen.

 

[Melon Husk]

Plausible. Everything is coincidental but because he had ALS that makes him the kind of person that would do something like this.

 

[Brakum]

Two people that worked on Space Quest 4 were Rod Nakamoto and Satoshi Uesaka.

The creator of Bitcoin's name is Satoshi Nakamoto.

If that coin image had the number 21 on it… Not sure there would be any denying it… i'd be like Jim Carrey in that number 23 movie that I've never seen.

Domt blindly believe everything you hear in a short video. I googles the game after that and even though wiki lists like the whole staff. No satoshi and no nakamoto on that list

 

[genesisblock]

This was the original Bitcoin logo before he did the revision that's changed to the ₿ symbol .

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

This was the original Bitcoin logo before he did the revision that's changed to the ₿ symbol .

My first response is the above-

Secondarily, it's common to through the vertical slashes through a letter, particularly if the currency is something like "Buckazoids". The logical thing to do would be what you see. This fellow isn't Satoshi.

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

This is dumb. I could see someone being inspired by space quest though.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Since they never moved, will there come ever a point where they are redeemed truly lost and this is reflected in BTC value?

Good question. My quick research said that A) there's no protocol saying a bitcoin is truly lost based on time not moved alone but that B) bitcoin value is determined by perceived supply/market sentiment. So an increase in value of the rest of the bitcoin could be baked in to its value if enough people assume those "lost" bitcoin are never moving.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Good question. My quick research said that A) there's no protocol saying a bitcoin is truly lost based on time not moved alone but that B) bitcoin value is determined by perceived supply/market sentiment. So an increase in value of the rest of the bitcoin could be baked in to its value if enough people assume those "lost" bitcoin are never moving.

They definitely aren't "lost" - or at least not confirmed lost. Coins could, theoretically, be inactive any period of time before resuming activity. However, you are right that the fact they appear to be "off market" is "baked in" for the time being. If these coins were to start moving, however, it would definitely generate waves even before any selling activity were to transpire.