The Face Behind Bitcoin?

Post by TacticalCoder » Thu, Mar 06, 2014, 3:04 PM UTC

GFischer wrote: post #106

nwh wrote: post #22

Being labeled Satoshi regardless of truth is pretty much going to get you robbed, kidnapped or killed. This dude lives in this town and has $400M of untraceable currency? The article gives his name, face, address and relatives. You can be sure as hell that somebody will do something stupid to try and get to it. I wouldn't wish this label upon anybody, it's exactly why the community tries to avoid speculating about it…

He's not the first person with 400 million or more. I guess he'll have to adjust to living like a millionaire/celebrity. The owner of the company I work for has thirty times the money Satoshi allegedly has, and yes, he has a bodyguard at most times. That said, I wish they'd protected his privacy more. It seems he didn't want to be outed.

Post by judk » Thu, Mar 06, 2014, 3:06 PM UTC

arrrg wrote: post #143

sounds wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're so comfortable with journalism, I'd like to interview you. But first please provide: • Full names and home towns of your children and your wife • Picture of your house – include a clear photo of your car's license plate • Your home town, so anyone can locate you on Google Maps • Your work history • Your net worth • Your health history • Any notable personality traits you have, so the whole world can comment…

Did I do anything of note that would make any of this information interesting to the public? I think I did not. If you want to put the work in and find all that out you are free to. I never once said that everyone should actually provide journalists with that information just like that. They still have to put the work in. Do that if you want to, but I don’t think you will find anything interesting.

Post by judk » Thu, Mar 06, 2014, 3:09 PM UTC

discardorama wrote: post #190

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Regarding your point about paranoia: Here's an example of people in Ecuador executing a father and son for a mere $20,000: http://www.reddit.com/r/MorbidReality/comments/1zktth/quito_... This is what the Nakamoto family now has to worry about. It wasn't a random killing. There were at least 6 people arrested in connection with the murders. Apparently the robbers had people inside the bank who they were paying to aler…

Meanwhile Bill Gates, who is worth 200X more than SN, continues to waltz around in public.

Post by johngalt » Thu, Mar 06, 2014, 3:10 PM UTC

bane wrote: post #101

Topic other than discussing the irresponsibility of "outing" a guy using the clever tricks of using his name and public records look ups. > A libertarian, Nakamoto encouraged his daughter to be independent, start her own business and "not be under the government's thumb," she says. "He was very wary of the government, taxes and people in charge." > What you don't know about him is that he's worked on classified stuff…

Post by Mtinie » Thu, Mar 06, 2014, 3:11 PM UTC

cpwright wrote: post #61

bachback wrote: post #20

worst reporting I've seen. it implies this person has admitted working on bitcoin. actually that's not even true, if you read the words. why on earth all this work, just to chose a real name? this does not make any sense. as if SN could not haven chosen a name to deflect his identity.

This quote tells you how sloppy the journalism is: "Even so, Bitcoin is vulnerable to massive theft, fraud and scandal, which has seen the price of Bitcoins whipsaw from more than $1,200 each last year to as little as $130 in late February." The MtGox price in February was meaningless, a more accurate representation would have been $1,200 to somewhere around $500 that reputable exchanges were selling for (I don't kno…