This is a hoax I think. And also Gavin supporting it is weird. The Signature in ...

divbyzer0 · on May 2, 2016

Andresen's support would make sense in the context of building a new blockchain\bitcoin business.

To have Satoshi & Bitcoin's chief scientist would be impressive for a start-up.

Too good in fact.

csomar · on May 2, 2016

No. It'd just kill his career in the bitcoin world.

pstrateman · on May 2, 2016

> This is a hoax I think. And also Gavin supporting it is weird.

Is it?

acqq · on May 2, 2016

>> Gavin supporting it is weird.

> Is it?

Apparently, not weird. From the Economist article:

"It pays, too, to bear in mind that Mr Wright’s outing will most likely be of benefit to those in the current bitcoin civil war who want to expand the block size quickly, whose number include Mr Matonis and Mr Andresen. Mr Wright says that if he could reinvent bitcoin, he would program in a steady increase of the block size. He also intends to publish mathematical proof that there is no trade-off between the mass adoption of the cryptocurrency and its remaining decentralised."

pyb · on May 2, 2016

It's all an elaborate ploy to force the real Satoshi to manifest themselves ;)

loup-vaillant · on May 2, 2016

Wait a minute, are you just trying to be gender neutral, or do you suspect Satoshi is several people like Bourbaki?

pyb · on May 2, 2016

Both!