Hi Freyja, Good question! Perhaps it didn't show up in your reader - it didn't in one of mine. But Sarah's note included:
I thought members of this Internet mailing list, a sort of precursor to today’s message boards, might enjoy the following passage from the New York Times’ recent investigation into the identity of the bitcoin creator pseudonymously referred to as “Satoshi Nakamoto.” And by enjoy, I mean that it might perhaps make you scream in annoyance, as it did to me:
I was trying to suggest, for the sake of humor if nothing else, that she was not only one screaming in annoyance. Perhaps you'll join us? (smile) all best, - c. On 11/04/2026 15:06, Freyja van den Boom wrote:
Hi Charles....why the screams !?
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I.. I... I just don't know where to start with this... Thanks for sharing. A good scream (or two or three...) in annoyance helps start the morning right. Best - c.
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I thought members of this Internet mailing list, a sort of precursor to today’s message boards, might enjoy the following passage from the New York Times’ recent investigation into the identity of the bitcoin creator pseudonymously referred to as “Satoshi Nakamoto.” And by enjoy, I mean that it might perhaps make you scream in annoyance, as it did to me:
“Satoshi was also very likely a member of the Cypherpunks, a group of anarchists formed in the early 1990s who wanted to use cryptography, the art of securing communications through code, to free individuals from government surveillance and censorship.
The Cypherpunks interacted mostly through something called an internet mailing list. Ancestors of today’s message boards, mailing lists were large group emails in old typewriter font that subscribers received in their inbox. To communicate, respondents replied-all.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/business/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto- identity-adam-back.html <https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/business/ bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto-identity-adam-back.html>
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