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Satoshi Nakamoto Found? Not So Fast
Yesterday, Newsweek outed the creator of Bitcoin. Or did they? An anonymous reader tipped us to news that the account on p2pfoundation that posted the original Bitcoin paper, posted for the first time in five years simply noting "I am not Dorian Nakamoto." And the Satoshi Nakamto Newsweek claims was the creator? In an interview with the AP, he claims to have only learned of Bitcoin recently, and that his comments were taken far out of context. From the article: "He also said a key portion of the piece — where he is quoted telling the reporter on his doorstep before two police officers, 'I am no longer involved in that and I cannot discuss it' — was misunderstood. Nakamoto said he is a native of Beppu, Japan who came to the U.S. as a child in 1959. He speaks both English and Japanese, but his English isn't flawless. ... 'I'm saying I'm no longer in engineering. That's it,' he said of the exchange. 'And even if I was, when we get hired, you have to sign this document, contract saying you will not reveal anything we divulge during and after employment. So that's what I implied. ... It sounded like I was involved before with bitcoin and looked like I'm not involved now. That's not what I meant. I want to clarify that,' he said.
Newsweek writer Leah McGrath Goodman, who spent two months researching the story, told the AP: 'I stand completely by my exchange with Mr. Nakamoto. There was no confusion whatsoever about the context of our conversation -and his acknowledgment of his involvement in bitcoin.'"
Newsweek writer Leah McGrath Goodman, who spent two months researching the story, told the AP: 'I stand completely by my exchange with Mr. Nakamoto. There was no confusion whatsoever about the context of our conversation -and his acknowledgment of his involvement in bitcoin.'"
Let's have a third discussion on the same thing, and re-hash the same arguments! Excellent.
Also, editors, "This Day on Slashdot" has been broken for like a week.
Nope, their front page also has an article about an app for your phone that provides cookie recipes. Is there no depth their reporters won't provide on an important story?
I found it on the beach the other day - who ever owns it can have it back.
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This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
I'd say "Yeah I'm him, give me my $600 million for the Bitcoins I own and I'll tell you my story."
Which would begin...
"I was born a poor black child."
He should play it for all its worth.
Harrison's Postulate - "For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism"
"If he were in his mid 20s he'd never have used his real name or outted himself because he'd understand how privacy works (or rather, doesn't work) with respect to the internet."
Says the dumbshit who has an email address publicly displayed right next to his username
If he were in his mid 20s he would have posted the whitepaper on his facebook next to photos of him vomiting copiously, and other such treasures.
Dorian Nakamoto?
I suppose he has a picture of a dollar in his attic, and every time a Bitcoin is mined, it fades a little...
-- You are in a maze of little, twisty passages, all different... --
Oligonicella is hardly a genus.
It barely broke 1500 on the SAT.
You are welcome on my lawn.