The author of the blog post makes the claim that Satoshi used Tor. I'm interested in what evidence there is for that. I googled and found a few people mentioning it, but no direct quote from Satoshi himself. I also searched the archives of his posts:
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e...
Suppose that claim is not true, or that he was not fastidious in his use of Tor, it seems to me the email service provider would have logs on where his emails were originating from. From his original paper his email is satoshin@gmx.com
I'm not sure who owns gmx.com, but I think it likely that if a sovereign state went after them, they would probably divulge the information. Not that I want this to happen, of course. I hope he's never uncovered and his legend grows with the success of Bitcoin. I hope he did use Tor. I'm just not certain there is evidence for it.
Edit: I am not Satoshi Nakamoto, although I wish I was
gmx is very popular among tor users because you can create an account with no strings attached. No other emails are needed, no other phone numbers are needed, and signup takes only a few webpage loads (important when dealing with latencies of up to 45 seconds).
This of course doesn't mean that Satoshi is a tor user, but a gmx account is consistent with typical tor behavior.
I just sent a message to him about this HN thread but you are always free to contact the author on their own site. He is one of the top cryptocurrencies experts right now and is engaged in many different threads/sites at the same time.
Suppose that claim is not true, or that he was not fastidious in his use of Tor, it seems to me the email service provider would have logs on where his emails were originating from. From his original paper his email is satoshin@gmx.com
I'm not sure who owns gmx.com, but I think it likely that if a sovereign state went after them, they would probably divulge the information. Not that I want this to happen, of course. I hope he's never uncovered and his legend grows with the success of Bitcoin. I hope he did use Tor. I'm just not certain there is evidence for it.
Edit: I am not Satoshi Nakamoto, although I wish I was