"In the last weeks, WIRED has obtained the strongest evidence yet of Satoshi Nakamoto’s true identity. The signs point to Craig Steven Wright, a man who never even made it onto any Nakamoto hunters’ public list of candidates, yet fits the cryptocurrency creator’s profile in nearly every detail. And despite a massive trove of evidence, we still can’t say with absolute certainty that the mystery is solved. But two possibilities outweigh all others: Either Wright invented bitcoin, or he’s a brilliant hoaxer who very badly wants us to believe he did." http://www.wired.com/2015/12/bitcoins-creator-satoshi-nakamoto-is-probably-t... Previous candidates include Newsweek's expose on Dorian Nakamoto, and the suggestion that our own Nick Szabo is the guilty party. In other news, I just got one of the lovely new Bitcoin VISA Debit Cards put out by Shift. I can now spend my Bitcoins at 38 million merchants worldwide. Science marches on. -- Mike Duvos mpd@wolf359.net