[Air-L] Fun bit from the NYT reveal into Satoshi’s identity

Sat Apr 11 19:20:37 PDT 2026

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it. -- DS

On 4/11/26 3:52 AM, Charles Melvin Ess via Air-L wrote:
> Hi Freyja,
>
> Good question!
> Perhaps it didn't show up in your reader - it didn't in one of mine. 
> But Sarah's note included:
>
> > I thought members of this Internet mailing list, a sort of precursor to
> > today’s message boards, might enjoy the following passage from the New
> > York Times’ recent investigation into the identity of the bitcoin
> > creator pseudonymously referred to as “Satoshi Nakamoto.” And by enjoy,
> > I mean that it might perhaps make you scream in annoyance, as it did 
> to me:
>
> I was trying to suggest, for the sake of humor if nothing else, that 
> she was not only one screaming in annoyance.
>
> Perhaps you'll join us? (smile)
>
> all best,
> - c.
>
> On 11/04/2026 15:06, Freyja van den Boom wrote:
>> Hi Charles....why the screams !?
>>
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>> *From:* Air-L <air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Charles 
>> Melvin Ess via Air-L <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
>> *Sent:* 11 April 2026 09:53
>> *To:* Roberts, Sarah <sarah.roberts at ucla.edu>; 
>> Air-L at listserv.aoir.org <Air-L at listserv.aoir.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Air-L] Fun bit from the NYT reveal into Satoshi’s 
>> identity
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>> I.. I... I just don't know where to start with this... Thanks for 
>> sharing. A good scream (or two or three...) in annoyance helps start 
>> the morning right.
>> Best - c.
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>> *From:* Air-L <air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Roberts, 
>> Sarah via Air-L <Air-L at listserv.aoir.org>
>> *Sent:* Saturday, April 11, 2026 8:33:21 AM
>> *To:* Air-L at listserv.aoir.org <Air-L at listserv.aoir.org>
>> *Subject:* [Air-L] Fun bit from the NYT reveal into Satoshi’s identity
>>
>> *
>> *
>>
>> I thought members of this Internet mailing list, a sort of precursor 
>> to today’s message boards, might enjoy the following passage from the 
>> New York Times’ recent investigation into the identity of the bitcoin 
>> creator pseudonymously referred to as “Satoshi Nakamoto.” And by 
>> enjoy, I mean that it might perhaps make you scream in annoyance, as 
>> it did to me:
>>
>>
>> “Satoshi was also very likely a member of the Cypherpunks, a group of 
>> anarchists formed in the early 1990s who wanted to use cryptography, 
>> the art of securing communications through code, to free individuals 
>> from government surveillance and censorship.
>>
>>
>> The Cypherpunks interacted mostly through something called an 
>> internet mailing list. Ancestors of today’s message boards, mailing 
>> lists were large group emails in old typewriter font that subscribers 
>> received in their inbox. To communicate, respondents replied-all.”
>>
>>
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>> identity-adam-back.html 
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>> bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto-identity-adam-back.html>
>>
>>
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