Author: tangled_zans

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Think about it!

What do we know about Gwern?

Near-encyclopediac knowledge of Bitcoin, Tor, and Darkwebs.

Is heavily into Japanese culture.

One of the early bitcoin adopters.

Has done prolific research into remaining anonymous 1 . So far we've assumed that this was in order to de-anonymyse Satoshi, but what if it was to remain anonymous himself?

But that's just speculation. Here's the real proof:

We know that Gwern has modelled his internet persona based on L, the anonymous detective from Death Note. In the story, L's sole obsession was to find out the identity of Kira, the genius serial killer. HOWEVER: Half-way through the story, Kira murders L, assumes his identity, and continues to openly and fervently "hunt for Kira" while secretly sabotaging the efforts of law-enforcement who cooperate with him.

So if you remove the supernatural crime element, Death Note becomes a story of an internationally wanted man, who hides behind the persona of the investigator in charge of finding himself.

And the more eagerly he tries, the less likely is that he himself becomes the suspect!

Does that sound familiar?

The answer was always hiding in plain sight. Nice try, gwern!