Eduardo Prospero on Nostr: This "Deep Dive into Satoshi Nakamoto’s Name" is pretty much amazing --> ...
This "Deep Dive into Satoshi Nakamoto’s Name" is pretty much amazing -->
https://stacker.news/items/844300
I recommend you read it all, but here are some highlights:
"Origin of Nakamoto
1.- During the Sengoku period, descendants of Emperor Murakami became the Murakami Navy. One group within the navy (perhaps a kinship-based community?) was referred to by the Sino-Japanese reading "Honchū" (本中). "Honchū" (本中) meant the "central unit" of the "main" force of the Murakami Navy.
2.- After the Sengoku period ended, these individuals changed their name or designation from "Honchū" (本中). This may have been done to make it resemble a more common Japanese surname, to use a kun-yomi (native Japanese reading), to give it a more peaceful connotation, or to signify the end of their time as part of the Murakami Navy. They chose the surname "Nakamoto" (中本).
3.- In other words, the origin of the "Nakamoto" surname comes from the meaning of being the "central unit" of the "main" force of the Murakami Navy. Furthermore, during the Sengoku period, the name or designation was the more combative "Honchū" (本中), rather than the peaceful-sounding "Nakamoto" (中本).
Is this really how Nakamoto came about? Your guess is as good as mine. I mean, it’s not that common in Japan, so I guess information about it won’t be as well documented as other surnames. "
And about Satoshi:
"Here, we can consider the characters in isolation because that’s how Japanese parents decide on their child’s name. They think about the meaning of a character and how well it complements another character. Some parents will just go ahead with one character for the name.
Sato (哲) is typically paired with 学 to form 哲学, which means the study of philosophy.
Shi (史) is typically paired with 歴 to form 歴史, which means history.
Anyway, you would have noticed that my discussion of Satoshi is brief. It’s not because I have lost steam in regard to writing. 哲史 is the name conferred on the founder by the Japanese media. It may or may not be the characters he had in mind when he embarked on his Bitcoin revolution. Satoshi is quite a common name for the Japanese, so if I believe that the founder is non-Japanese, he might have just plucked Satoshi out of the recesses of his mind, you know."
Anyway, read it all --> https://stacker.news/items/844300
https://stacker.news/items/844300
I recommend you read it all, but here are some highlights:
"Origin of Nakamoto
1.- During the Sengoku period, descendants of Emperor Murakami became the Murakami Navy. One group within the navy (perhaps a kinship-based community?) was referred to by the Sino-Japanese reading "Honchū" (本中). "Honchū" (本中) meant the "central unit" of the "main" force of the Murakami Navy.
2.- After the Sengoku period ended, these individuals changed their name or designation from "Honchū" (本中). This may have been done to make it resemble a more common Japanese surname, to use a kun-yomi (native Japanese reading), to give it a more peaceful connotation, or to signify the end of their time as part of the Murakami Navy. They chose the surname "Nakamoto" (中本).
3.- In other words, the origin of the "Nakamoto" surname comes from the meaning of being the "central unit" of the "main" force of the Murakami Navy. Furthermore, during the Sengoku period, the name or designation was the more combative "Honchū" (本中), rather than the peaceful-sounding "Nakamoto" (中本).
Is this really how Nakamoto came about? Your guess is as good as mine. I mean, it’s not that common in Japan, so I guess information about it won’t be as well documented as other surnames. "
And about Satoshi:
"Here, we can consider the characters in isolation because that’s how Japanese parents decide on their child’s name. They think about the meaning of a character and how well it complements another character. Some parents will just go ahead with one character for the name.
Sato (哲) is typically paired with 学 to form 哲学, which means the study of philosophy.
Shi (史) is typically paired with 歴 to form 歴史, which means history.
Anyway, you would have noticed that my discussion of Satoshi is brief. It’s not because I have lost steam in regard to writing. 哲史 is the name conferred on the founder by the Japanese media. It may or may not be the characters he had in mind when he embarked on his Bitcoin revolution. Satoshi is quite a common name for the Japanese, so if I believe that the founder is non-Japanese, he might have just plucked Satoshi out of the recesses of his mind, you know."
Anyway, read it all --> https://stacker.news/items/844300