We've got a bunch of people currently subscribed to the Cryptography list with various permutations of the name "Satoshi Nakomoto", which is sort of harmless if a bit bizarre. However, at intervals, someone tries to post messages under that name, usually promoting some scam. Naturally, the moderators reject all such posts; we're not morons. Unfortunately, I think the time has come to be a bit more formal about this because I'm sick of wasting time on it. So, I'm instituting a new rule. No one is even going to be allowed to subscribe to the list under that name any longer (let alone post!) unless they are capable of signing a reasonable demonstration message under a public key known to be controlled by the "Satoshi Nakomoto" pseudonym. The real "Satoshi" would have no problem doing that. For the rest of you, don't even bother; as I said, we're not idiots. I will also be unsubscribing all of the current fake "Satoshi" addresses in a little bit. (If you're actually "Satoshi" and want to subscribe under that pseudonym, feel free to get in touch with appropriate public key signed evidence, though I suspect that the real "Satoshi" has no such desire. If you get in touch without such evidence, your message is getting thrown away without a reply.) Perry -- Perry E. Metzger perry@piermont.com _______________________________________________ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography