LessWrong is a rationalist online discussion forum; entries cite a 2014 AMA thread where Bitcoin precursor Wei Dai discussed Satoshi Nakamoto's identity.
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Wei Dai LessWrong post revealing Satoshi emailed him about Bitcoin v0.1 in early 2009, but Dai ignored it because he was more interested in Less Wrong than Cypherpunks at the time.
Wei Dai's LessWrong Q&A reflections: Satoshi did not read the b-money paper before reinventing the idea, and Dai had grown disillusioned with cryptoanarchy by the time he wrote it up.
Wei Dai LessWrong comments: Bitcoin's monetary policy has failed due to volatility, and he never replied to Satoshi's 2008 review email — regretting he could have dissuaded the fixed-supply choice.
On LessWrong, Wei Dai clarifies he did not create Bitcoin — "only described a similar idea more than a decade ago" — buys a Radeon 5870 to mine, and warns Bitcoin lacks cryptographer security review.
Hal Finney's October 2009 LessWrong essay, two months after his ALS diagnosis. He commits to continuing open-source contribution from an immobile body, kept until his August 2014 death.
Wei Dai called Bitcoin's fixed supply a failure in 2013. His own 1998 b-money design needed the same real-world value figure Satoshi said software has no way to know.