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Dorian Nakamoto Officially Denies That He Created Bitcoin
sumoinsanity writes "A succinct and comprehensive rebuttal has been distributed from this Mr Nakamoto about being the founder of Bitcoin. His statement reads in part: 'The first time I heard the term "bitcoin" was from my son in mid-February 2014. After being contacted by a reporter, my son called me and used the word, which I had never before heard. Shortly thereafter, the reporter confronted me at my home. I called the police. I never consented to speak with the reporter. In an ensuing discussion with the reporter from the Associated Press, I called the technology "bitcom." I was still unfamiliar with the term.' Newsweek copped a lot of criticism regarding their original expose on the purported uncovering of a BitCoin founder following their two month investigation. They defended with, 'Ms. Goodman's research was conducted under the same high editorial and ethical standards that have guided Newsweek for more than 80 years. Newsweek stands strongly behind Ms. Goodman and her article.'"
As I recall, Ms. Goodman had no real research beyond the facts that the name was similar and he happened to do some security work under contract.
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He's 64 and hasn't had a job in 10 years, so I doubt he's going to a lot of job interviews anyway.
But he spent his career doing high security work for the government. Those jobs don't like the idea of you sitting on $600M worth of untraceable currency.
They defended with, 'Ms. Goodman's research was conducted under the same high editorial and ethical standards that have guided Newsweek for more than 80 years. Newsweek stands strongly behind Ms. Goodman and her article.'"
So, then, what you're saying here is that every Newsweek article written in the past 80 years is suspect? Having read Newsweek more than never, I can't say I disagree.
An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
If you were the maker of Bitcoin, you could afford it.
is the real messiah. All Hail Nakamoto!!!!!!!!!
So when did you finally decide to admit you were the founder of bitcoin?
Was that before or after you stopped beating your wife?
Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.
Oh great, so you need to be a Jew in order to make a formal denial? This atheist thing is starting to be more troublesome than I imagined.
Get free satoshi (Bitcoin) and Dogecoins
If I was the maker of Bitcoin, I'd want privacy too. I am sure interested parties (Read: NSA/CIA/FBI/DEA/etc.) would love to question (Read: Guantanamo Bay) the makers of this almost anonymous currency.
In all seriousness, what questions would you want to ask? If somebody thinks that he's still sitting on a huge pile of bitcoins, they'd probably want those transferred to a new owner; but there aren't a lot of other secrets to be had, aside from tedious and largely pointless questions about 'So, what inspired you to create a cryptocurrency?' How it works is a matter of public knowledge, and if there are any undocumented lemmae your best bet is probably to ask your own in-house team of world class cryptographers to read the paper and drink some coffee while thinking about it.
Maybe some enraged central bank chairman wants to take a rasp to his teeth just for spite; but there isn't much interrogative value.
I recall correctly, the original creator invested a large number of bitcoins in the SilkRoad
Umm...no. The ~1 million bitcoins that are believed to have been mined by the Bitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto have not been involved in any transactions since Satoshi disappeared in early 2011.
Original article states:
"Tacitly acknowledging his role in the Bitcoin project, he looks down, staring at the pavement and categorically refuses to answer questions.
"I am no longer involved in that and I cannot discuss it," he says, dismissing all further queries with a swat of his left hand. "It's been turned over to other people. They are in charge of it now. I no longer have any connection."
Curiously ambiguous, if truly a direct quote. Is he no longer involved in Bitcoin, or no longer involved in talking to reporters who contact him because his name happens to be Satoshi Nakamoto? The "turned over to other people" could refer to his attorneys. But "no longer have any connection" imples that at one time, he did have a connection. Hmmm.
And nor is my wife.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
Newsweek should find out who invented bitcom!
Just to play devils advocate...
Given his age, medical condition and his work history in government security fields.
He probably had no idea what the fuck a "bitcoin" was and thought it was something from his security past that he shouldn't be talking about...
Catch the leprechaun and he'll give you a pot of gold!
Of course, the tradition has it he'll trick you and the gold will turn to worthless bitcoins after you've let him go.
sneaky Japanese leprechauns!
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
In 2005, Newsweek published a false report that American soldiers had desecrated copies of the Quran at the Guantanamo Bay prison. The report was proven false, and Newsweek retracted it, but it was too late -- the report had already sparked riots which injured over 100 people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q...
Was the Bitcoin report written with the "same high editorial standards" that Newsweek had followed in the past? It looks like it.
When did his name change from Satoshi to Dorian? Did I miss something? The last article said they found him because his name literally was Satoshi.
1973. From the original Newsweek article, "At the age of 23, after graduating from California State Polytechnic University, he changed his name to "Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto," according to records filed with the U.S. District Court of Los Angeles in 1973."