Part 1 - Chapters 1 through 9

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Chapter 4

What’s in a Name?

Why the name "Satoshi Nakamoto" ?  Well, there are lots of theories out there certainly.  Some believe that “Satoshi” is a word in Japanese referring to having intelligence or great wisdom.  While “Nakamoto” in Japanese can have meaning associated with origin.  These would presumably have some connection to a new and original digital currency.  Or the person that would introduce such a vision.    

Everything that is associated with bitcoin that we know is well thought through as a visionary would do. So, do we think the name would be random or of a real person? No, that wouldn't fit the character or mode of operation of this visionary.  The name is not that of a real person.  It would make much more sense the name used has significance to the individual creating a currency with the expectation of its use by the world and the hope to change people's lives for the better. People that have been oppressed or people that perhaps have a history of their currency being dissolved or becoming worthless after a lifetime of hard work, sacrifice and savings. No, the name Satoshi Nakamoto is deliberate and not lightly created. It has deep meaning. It would be in line with the introduction of blockchain. The creation of a new architecture that is the framework for bitcoin. 

Nobody to date really knows the connection other than Satoshi Nakamoto himself.  But I do believe it would have great meaning and cultural reference and perhaps even a nod to a great architect.  There have been many guesses across the internet with various people assembling the used letters in Satoshi Nakamoto to reference acronyms or businesses or what not. But these are too simplified.  The pseudonym is undoubtedly a nod to something greater.  

It is interesting early on, Satoshi Nakamoto did not want others to be falsely labeled as the person behind bitcoin.  It is obvious why that is given all the troubles that have followed and ensued around people that have either voluntarily claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, or it was put upon them by others.  Satoshi Nakamoto knew from the start that using a pseudonym was of utmost importance and doing everything possible to not come out from behind the curtain would be necessary.   

The following quote is known to have come from Satoshi Nakamoto;

March 7, 2014 01:17:00 AM

“I am not Dorian Nakamoto.”

Just one example of Satoshi Nakamoto’s interest to not having a burden of identity placed upon someone else falsely. 

Due to the sensitive nature of privacy concerns and maintaining respect to those which wish to remain private, the association with the person that possibly could be the inspiration for the name will also be held by the author.  However, there are certain aspects that can be inferred such as it being inspirational to the person that is Satoshi Nakamoto.  The author does not know of any actual relationship to another person or this person the author believes could have influenced the name, but there are many elements which line up properly as the inspiration.  

Including:

• Inspirational person

• Ethnolinguistically similar 

• Same letter count

• Majority of letters in the correct order and overlapping

• Visionary and builder of new things from grand ideas

Satoshi Nakamoto

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Put yourself into the mind of the person that is Satoshi Nakamoto during the early to mid-2000s.  Your experiences cultivate and influence your life.  It is likely that there is meaning behind this which I don’t fully know, however, the pieces do all line up as this being a nod to a visionary and builder of grand things.   Architect, perhaps? After all, at least the great ones, are visionaries at their core and reaching for new limits and innovation. Architects build upon and rebuild upon past visions and create new visions.  There are many parallels between great architects and the vision for bitcoin.  To build a new world through financial stability and security.  The overlap of seeming influence is too striking to ignore.

From what I have come to learn and know about bitcoin, there is an association of ideals with architecture.  I’m not aware of any personal or professional relationship or even if the two sharing so much in name, knew each other then or now.  It may be purely coincidental and speculation on my part.  I can say with certainty, however, Satoshi Nakamoto is not the person having another name referenced herein.  That would surely be too close in reference for a pseudonym.  Whether this other person’s name is an influence upon the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto is something else entirely.   It is even possible the two had some shared experience, unknowingly.  There may be other underlying reasons why this referenced person had been possibly chosen for the basis of a pseudonym used by Satoshi Nakamoto.  Having chosen pseudonyms myself in the past, I can say there is usually some connection to the name, not unlike a nickname.  

Lastly, and this is probably a stretch of speculation, but potentially one more piece of the puzzle.  The person I knew to be Satoshi Nakamoto was using a name I knew them by which had inference to “expertise” or “guide”.  This may be purely coincidental as well, but I do find it interesting given all the other pieces of the puzzle as they fit.  The name, I knew him by, was likely not his birth name and indeed potentially an alias in itself.  

The author does have other thoughts on this aspect, but in the interest of minimizing speculation and not risking other privacy concerns, will limit to what has been said here.  Take it for what it’s worth, it may or may not have a connection but from what I know, the odds are pretty good.