https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=DeliciousSeaCowHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:28:36 +0000Given Back and Finney's close-ish relationship, that same fact could have permeated to Back, and would be a further reason for him to use the name. That said, it's all pure speculation so :shrug:?.

]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:56:59 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47693865DeliciousSeaCowhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47693865https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47693865Back has earned generational wealth already, and the wealthy borrow (at rates lower than capital appreciations) against capital to fund all their living. If I were Back, that's exactly what I'd be doing to preserve anonymity.

]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:52:48 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47693793DeliciousSeaCowhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47693793https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47693793It's weird they spent so much time on the written word similarities, when the biggest reveal here is that Back disappears off the email lists (on a topic he is VERY interested in and has historically corresponded on) when Nakamoto appears, and then comes back when Nakamoto disappears.

]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:50:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47693758DeliciousSeaCowhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47693758https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47693758