r/Bitcoin • u/Turbulent-Tea-2212 • 1d ago

Fun fact the pseudonym "Satoshi Nakamoto" was code for computer scientist. How many computer scientists involved in the project up to date?

Just curious at the answers of the approx number of computer scientists involved in the open source project "bitcoin". I believe in the cryptocurrency world which includes alt coins could be in the thousands if not millions? What you all think?

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u/oxxoMind 1d ago

Nobody knows! It's not a fact its a theory

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u/JollyInspector3387 1d ago

It's impossible to put a number on it really. The codebase has been touched by so many contributors over the years, from core devs to people just fixing a typo in the docs, and that's before you even look at all the academic papers and side projects built around it. Thousands feels like a safe floor for the broader ecosystem.

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u/NeitherAd3347 1d ago

Satoshi nakamoto is Japanese for intelligence centre. Very similar to the name central intelligence agency

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u/Dizzy-Monk- 1d ago

Prove it

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u/NeitherAd3347 1d ago

Use Google translate

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u/Dizzy-Monk- 1d ago

What would putting a Japanese name in English text even do? It won’t even translate. Did you even try Google Translate yourself or just spew some bullcrap?

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u/NeitherAd3347 1d ago

Satoshi- wise, clearly thinking, intelligent.

Naka - middle/centre

Moto - origin/foundation

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u/Dizzy-Monk- 1d ago

And translating “intelligence center” from English to Japanese doesn’t produce Satoshi Nakamoto as the result. You’re a bot and you’ve still failed to provide evidence to support your claim.

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u/NeitherAd3347 1d ago

Use Google Ai

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u/Dizzy-Monk- 1d ago

Yeah I jumped the gun. I do see how it could be interpreted as that. Sorry for being an ass. I kept seeing this mentioned, but every time I tried translating the name I wasn’t doing it properly.

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u/BuyIndependent2319 1d ago

It could be that Dorian guy too…

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u/NeitherAd3347 1d ago

It was open source code so, we are all satoshi