Probably 'the one' on Bitcointalk

And he was part of a team that created Bitcoin.

As invented by Dr. Craig Wright

One thing why I wondered about Bitcoin really being a possible project by Craig Wright, was the way he presented himself. Absolutely an academic, highly intelligent, as measured in system IQ levels. Innovator, inventor and entrepeneur, and as such capable of setting up a structure for a new kind of digital commodity, such as money.

Bit cash... Bitcoin, but maybe too much for one individual to make a reality. One part of the inspiration for this new kind of Bit-Money was Hashcash as created by Dr. Adam Back. He was the inventor of Proof Of Work {POW} mining as still being used for Bitcoin and other Cryptos. HashCash was a virtual cost added to sending emails, through the use of the POW mining proces. Emails would have to 'burn' energy before they could be send. Time-money-consuming for the sender, simple code check for the receiver. Great for fighting spam.

Imagine this concept being used in a trustless digital money setup. Cryptography used to replace the mediator. All transactions intertwined with each other, filling blocks of data, connected as one long unbreakable chain. In a peer to peer setup all nodes would copy the same data. Banks and all kinds of other institutions could be using this blockchain technology. Every transaction could be retraced, when and if needed. Governments might like this concept too. This could be a trillion USA Dollar market.

Not a one person's job

For this idea to work Dr. Wright probably knew he needed to set up a team. A team with brilliant, trusted, minds. One of those individuals probably was David Kleiman. With whom Craig Wright had become friends with, somewhere in 2003. Because he wanted to hide his involvement and needed some more expertise, he reached out to his friend David Alan Kleiman. A self taught programmer and security expert. (Died in 2013, age 46.) Probably the one being able to help Craig Wright make this Bitmoney commodity work.

Those who have read the Bitcointalk forum posts of the alledged Satoshi Nakamoto might find it hard to belief it to be Dr. Craig Wright in person. If it could be anybody related to him, it could be his dear friend Dave Kleiman. As I am convinced of all the truely gifted talents Craig Wright has, none of them seems to be public relations. Yet Kleiman would have fitted that job perfectly, as he also happened to be a Cryptography expert.

Bitcoin mining together

On the 13th of december 2010 the legendary 'Satoshi Nakamoto' identity stopped posting at the Bitcointalk forum. In 2011 Kleiman began a company, as it seems, in co-operation with Wright. The company name "W&K" suggested both their involvent. Info Defense Research {IDR} was their shared business and as such they apparantly also mined Bitcoin. It is and was perfect proof of concept for an unalterable, encrypted audit log system...

That might be part of the reasoning for going Open Source by the 'Satoshi Nakamoto' team. How to put this really to the test, to proof to the world this unalterable, encrypted audit log system worked as believed? To prove this in the best way possible would be when showing the concept as connected to value. This makes sense to me, at least, as the commodity money attracts a lot of attentention by the many. Proof it can be secured by mathematics as mediator, instead of humans, and the sky is not even the limit anymore.

Beyond Bitcoin

Basicly what came forth from the Bitcash/BitMoney/BitCoin invention was the hype of 2018: The BlockChain. Personally I'm convinced that this is in its core what an unalterable, encrypted audit log system is all about. Where having a, sound money commodity, like Bitcoin, stored and moved in a secure way, is the ultimate proof that it works as it should. Where it wend beyond just delivering the proof was where it got adopted by the Open Source community.

Blockchain Technology used as an unalterable, encrypted audit log system, may have come into excistence thanks to Bitcoin adoption, will be used in many current and future fields. This is thanks to the work of the 'Satoshi Nakamoto' team. As I do belief it is very likely that indeed Dr. Craig Wright started this concept, partly inspired by Dr. Adam Back his HashCash and POW mining. Yet, one of the most key tributors to the developement of the Blockchain Technology, and Bitcoin, probably was David Alan Kleiman, the voice of Satoshi.

A broken team, a broken dream

Yes, I really believe Dr. Craig Wright is the one who started the creation of Bitcoin. And thus his innitiative gave the world Blockchain Technology, an unalterable, encrypted audit log system. Yet as such he needed an expert in this field, at least, to be part of the 'Satoshi Nakamoto' team he was leading. And his good friend Dave Kleiman fitted in perfectly, as I believe. But when Kleiman died in 2013, so died an important part of Satoshi, the legend.

When I tried to understand Dr. Craig Wright his aggressive attitude, towards some people in the Cryptos realm, I started to find more pieces of the puzzle fitting. Bitcoin, or Bit Cash/ Bit money, as we know today and as used by a lot around the globe, is very likely his idea. He probably did form a developement team called 'Satoshi Nakamoto'. (There is a personal story attached to this for Craig Wright, if I remember correctly.) And his friend Dave Kleiman contributed a lot to this. It is therefore very understandable why Dr. Craig Wright wants the legacy of Satoshi saved for the future, by all means.

Free and Open Source

It is not an absolute given that something like Bitcoin will make sure human beings will behave in a good manor. Even if an unalterable, encrypted audit log system, like Blockchain Technology, will be able to push the malafide mediators out, it will not keep people from behaving badly. Like roads will also be used by abusers, so will sound money and thus Cryptos like Bitcoin. Even if it only records in- and outputs in transactions and stores it in a block on a public ledger.

Blockchain Technology can help in rewarding prefered human behaviour, while keeping track of unwanted actions. Trying to keep string data storage out off Bitcoin scripting will not prevent it from getting used by abusers. It can still serve all kinds of malafide human behaviour. Even a blunt kitchen knive can be abused as an assault weapon and kill. After all it is the human, connected to a subject of action, that defines if it is destructive or creative.

Blockchain future Tech

The same accounts for Bitcoin, all the other Cryptos and mainly for Blockchain Technology as an unalterable, encrypted audit log system. And whether you may like it or not, it seems very likely that Dr. Craig Wright and his 'Satoshi Nakamoto' team really created Bitcoin. And thus gave humanity Blockchain Technology. But to me it is hardly imaginable that this was done without the input of another brilliant mind like David Alan Kleiman.

That is a beautifull legacy of the 'Satoshi' team. As it seems Blockchain Technology does have a practical use, maybe even more so outside the Cryptos realm in the near future. Which Bitcoin flavor you prefer is up to you. Cryptos are just a small part of the Blockchain Technology potential. Maybe this is not to the complete satisfaction of Dr. Craig Wright, but the alleged innitial Bitcoin work done by him and his 'Satoshi Nakamoto' team absolutely had an impact on all our day to day lives.

May the Cyptos be with us.

Blockchain Technology is still a brilliant invention.

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Some of the resources used

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Kleiman