[Cryptography] Satoshi's PGP key.

Phillip Hallam-Baker phill at hallambaker.com
Sun Nov 15 23:48:22 EST 2015


On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Bill Frantz <frantz at pwpconsult.com> wrote:
> On 11/14/15 at 9:32 PM, bear at sonic.net (Ray Dillinger) wrote:
>
>> Recently was a request on the list for the Public PGP key
>> corresponding to the Private key used by Satoshi Nakamoto.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> It can't be used to do mischief, and possession of the
>> corresponding private key is certainly something that
>> pretenders will never be able to fake.
>
>
> However, keys can be stolen, a particular problem with nym keys where
> there's no other to validate the key.

If I was going to try breaking Satoshi's keys... that isn't the one I
would pick.

Not unless the price of bitcoin drops a lot.


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