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Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto

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Re: Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto

#53

I'm confused by all this. I find the drama interesting, but Newsweek quoted this: "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." Did the reporter really lie about this statement? That seems like really a massive stretch, to me.

It was a misunderstanding: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BITCOIN_FOUNDER_DE...

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto

#54
post #39

The "real" Satoshi Nakamoto coming forward after all this time just to say he isn't Dorian Nakamoto seems kind of suspicious to me. It's not like Dorian Nakamoto is the first person to have been accused of being Satoshi.

He's the first person to be declared definitively to be Satoshi Nakamoto by a news piece in a major publication, not just idle vague speculation on someone's blog.

Newsweek is very akin to someone's blog nowadays. Nothing justifies taking it as a reliable source of news...

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto

#57

The "real" Satoshi Nakamoto coming forward after all this time just to say he isn't Dorian Nakamoto seems kind of suspicious to me. It's not like Dorian Nakamoto is the first person to have been accused of being Satoshi.

We can only speculate, but I'd imagine the real Satoshi is a human being and doesn't want an uninvolved senior citizen (and his relatives, including a 90 year old mother) to be made targets for violent crime.

It's highly ironic that the media paints cryptocurrency as tools for a coldhearted clique that only cares for their own material wealth, yet they're the ones cruelly exposing someone who has done them no wrong and (in the case of the Newsweek journalist) refusing to apologize. What happened to kindness and respect?

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto

#58
post #51

This is likely to be the admin of the site perhaps? Or a hacker? I would have expected the real Satoshi to sign a message from his known address making it certain it's him.

Unless he's a. lost/destroyed the key b. purposefully keeping it uncertain

c. Hiding out at his kids house where he doesn't have his keys handy but knows his password.

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto

#60

I'm confused by all this. I find the drama interesting, but Newsweek quoted this: "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." Did the reporter really lie about this statement? That seems like really a massive stretch, to me.

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