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It's interesting to note that Google Translate (on "Detect Language" set) translates "nour" as "Light" in Arabic.



Alternatively, the Urban Dictionary defines 'nour' as a very attractive and funny girl.

I find the Satoshi puzzle to be far more interesting than bitcoin itself. The level of operational security Satoshi has achieved is incredible - 'The wise one who lives in the middle' has proven to be a good choice of name. All things considered, I would not be at all surprised if Satoshi turns out to be a small team inside GCHQ, or somewhere similar.


Nour/Noor is a very common name for girls.

It is also my name. I am a guy. Thanks Mom and Dad.


Short for Noureddine, a common male name. Source: several North African friends with this exact name.

See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nur_al-Din


Well I hope, if nothing else, that the experience has turned you into a Johnny Cash fan.


It’s the closest thing we have to something out of a comic book, maybe besides Elon Musk.


That's it. Satoshi is obviously Elon Musk.


I've actually read this being suggested in a "popular science" magazine.


Over a long enough timeline, all popular science magazines eventually turn into 'BBC Focus'.


Satoshi is Kira. Mystery solved.


I think the word "Nour", meaning "light" as people have pointed out, is also commonly used as a woman's name in the middle east. Maybe irrelevant but who knows?


It indeed means that in Arabic and a bunch of near by languages.




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