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Unfortunately, I don't follow Bitcoin a whole lot, but could someone please tell me what is the point of all this and why are people so 'excited' to find out more about Satoshi.

(the font of the website is fine @stephen)

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Satoshi changed the world and the newsmedia and humans in general are obsessed with geniuses and successful people. It's also a natural phenomenon that people are drawn to something that's mysterious and forbidden (read the book "Artful Persuasion").

I doubt it has much to do with anything rational, such as benefiting from finding out who he is or obtaining more insight from Sathoshi. It's just deep rooted human curiosity.

Hey man,

thanks for the answer, totally hear what you're saying and I'll look into that book, thanks for suggesting it!

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