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Craig Steven Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto

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Re: Craig Steven Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto

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Post by MariuszGalus »

koluft wrote: post #224
MariuszGalus wrote: post #192

This guy > http://cdn.static-economist.com/sites/default/files/imagecac... 1. Contradicts himself, privacy vs brokering a deal with major media outlets for a story. 2. Faking LinkedIn experience & degrees. 3. Associates believe he is 'crazy' and a 'conman' 4. Failed the writing syntax test comparing his multiple published works to the original posts and bitcoin paper and eventually... 5. ...Shifting blame or holes in…

Don't judge people by their looks when their actions speak far louder.

Sorry, I'm just taking this a bit personally because I know a guy who ruined a few peoples' lives by telling lies habitually and scamming for investors. For me, Dr. Wright relates to him and already as a bias I paint a bad image.

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Post by DanBC »

bobwaycott wrote: post #184

What is up with this specific comment thread being so horribly wide on mobile? Why isn't CSS enforcing a width and wrapping the page?

This thread contains several posts that have very long, unbroken, lines. If those lines had started with four (two?) spaces they've have got different CSS - the pre-formatting would have put the very long unbroken line inside a different box with scrollbars.

Here's one example post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11610111

Re: Craig Steven Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto

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Post by bobwaycott »

DanBC wrote: post #263
bobwaycott wrote: post #184

What is up with this specific comment thread being so horribly wide on mobile? Why isn't CSS enforcing a width and wrapping the page?

This thread contains several posts that have very long, unbroken, lines. If those lines had started with four (two?) spaces they've have got different CSS - the pre-formatting would have put the very long unbroken line inside a different box with scrollbars. Here's one example post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11610111

The top comment seems to be the one that sets the tone, and it doesn't look like anything should be in a code block:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11610101

Edit: oddly, going directly to that comment looks better than going to the main thread. It's still smaller than normal on mobile, but nowhere near as bad as the main thread.

Here's what things look like for me in Safari on iOS:

https://imgur.com/a/KVrSX

Re: Craig Steven Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto

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Post by acomjean »

gnuvince wrote: post #252

Why do people care about the real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto?

I don't know. Its kind of like "celebrity culture". I'm a little bit of an outlier on these things (I lack a facebook account)

There is something in human brains that makes us really want to know about social network around us. Despite the strange URL this article tries to expain it [1]

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/out-the-ooze/201503/why...

Re: Craig Steven Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto

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Post by comboy »

comboy wrote: post #142
meowface wrote: post #121

Reposting my other comment: I think Wright is just a smooth-talking conman with some crypto experience. I'm betting he met Gavin and other (unfortunately, merely "supposed" at this point...) experts in person, talked shop for a while, then took out his laptop and staged verifying the signature of blocks 1 and 9 with dummy commands. (Edit: Gavin actually claimed it was a clean computer, not one that Wright brought. Di…

> I think Wright is just a smooth-talking conman with some crypto experience. I'm betting he met Gavin and other (unfortunately, merely "supposed" at this point...) experts in person, talked shop for a while, then took out his laptop and staged verifying the signature of blocks 1 and 9 with dummy commands. I don't believe that anybody with the most basic understanding of cryptography would fall for that. I don't thin…

Turns out, I was wrong:

    Andresen says an administrative assistant working with Wright left to buy a computer from a nearby store, and returned with what Andresen describes as a Windows laptop in a “factory-sealed” box.
source: https://www.wired.com/2016/05/craig-wright-privately-proved-...

I still have enough respect for Gavin not to leave comment about that..

Re: Craig Steven Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto

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Post by digitaurus »

jwilkins wrote: post #171
themusicgod1 wrote: post #163

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you make of Ian Grigg claiming to confirm Wright, having known him as part of the Satoshi team? http://financialcryptography.com/mt/archives/001593.html

He now retracts, says it was poorly worded: https://twitter.com/iang_fc/status/727071298325618689

He didn't retract the blog post. He just agreed that the phrase "I confirm as member" was badly worded. He then replied by tweet: "@tomerkantor you are right - that is badly written. I’ve fixed it on the blog." The blog now reads: "I confirm Kleiman was a member of the team." The stuff confirming Craig Wright's claims is still in the blog post.

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Post by x2398dh1 »

acqq wrote: post #254
x2398dh1 wrote: post #228

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting evidence perhaps supporting your claim - the Wikipedia page for Nakamoto has been edited heavily and subsequently blocked in the last 24 hours by an ip address pointing to Wright, Australia, the location of Charles Stuart University. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/180.216.... I don't know how to go any deeper than that, and I wouldn't call it a smoking gun, but I just think it's humor…

It's of course interesting that these edits, which have the first sentence "Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonym used by Australian tech entrepreneur Dr Craig Wright, who designed bitcoin" did come from Australia! But wait, how do you get your location, that is, how does it actually point to Wright? I get that it's a range taken by vividwireless Pty Ltd, and different locations. Except for confirming "it's in Australia"…

My mistake - I had written, "Wright, Australia," when really it was, "Martin, Australia." Wires crossed in my brain when I did a quick post. Now it's too late for me to edit my above post. Thank you for the correction.

http://whoislookupdb.com/iplist/180.216.116

Re: Craig Steven Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto

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Post by jbpetersen »

toopok4k3 wrote: post #217

Why is no one talking about Dave Kleiman, the wheelchaired man who died in 2013? He was supposedly a friend of Wright. My gut feeling is that he was the real Satoshi Nakamoto. Wright just sounds like an fraudulent opportunist who tries to bank by all means necessary from knowing the guys secret.

Nick Szabo as Satoshi is my own hypothesis.
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