Direct link to Satoshi's post: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com/forum/topics/bitcoin-open-sour...
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Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto
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Re: Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto
#62Video of right before the 'car chase' of journalists: http://instagram.com/p/lNv9-_QaNF/
Re: Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto
#63I think the most compelling evidence that Dorian is Satoshi is described here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7354326
[EDIT: if an eyewitness account is compelling enough for you, this is evidence. it is to me, apparently not to some.]
Dorian (as recognized by the retailer) bought a crepe from one of the first retailers to accept bitcoins, the 1st transaction of the crepe retailer's bitcoin address at 1KfQKmME7bQm5AesPiizWk6h3JPUekwoBC for 2.2 bitcoins on July 17 2011, can check the Crepe twitter feed: twitter.com/Ocrepes - "The award for being the first customer who bought crepes for @bitcoins goes to ... anonymous (the winner refused to reveal identity)"
Tracing those addresses/transactions back leads to large volume addresses. [EDIT: 432,000 coins]
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#64I'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.
The trouble with that statement is that, even if you believe it's a verbatim quote, it isn't clear exactly what he said that in response to. We're meant to assume that it's a response to something like "Are you the creator of Bitcoin?", but the fact that the question isn't part of the quote implies that it isn't that clear.
This guy was involved in classified Government work at several companies, and the question could have been either about that, or vague enough that he could have misinterpreted it as being about that, especially if he had never heard of Bitcoin and had no idea what it was.
The quotes are a little questionable too. How many people really believe that an average street cop in a small town in California would say "This is the guy who created Bitcoin? It looks like he's living a pretty humble life." It's entirely possible they've been massaged a bit to be shorter and more clear. It's not like there's a recording of the conversations, at least not that we have access to.
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#66Video of right before the 'car chase' of journalists: http://instagram.com/p/lNv9-_QaNF/
tl;dr Dorian asks reporters for proof of work, then randomly awards the AP reporter one satoshi.
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#67I'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.
There's absolutely no mention of BitCoin in that quote, the reporter merely implies that BitCoin is the referent by the context of the quote.
Based on my interaction with reporters, it's not a stretch at all for the reporter to misunderstand a part of a conversation, and stick by their misinterpretation. This will happen even on things that could be fact-checked later. I think this strange quirk has something to do with not being influenced by their sources, but I can only guess why they engage in that recipe for inaccuracy.
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#68I have a sinking feeling hn's scheduled kernel maintenance is going to make me miss out on new developments of this movie.
Re: Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto
#69Even more interesting: look who signed Satoshi's key on April Fools Day of last year [1]. http://sks.pkqs.net/pks/lookup?op=vindex&fingerprint=on&sear... (ignore the signature from today, anyone could have done that in the brouhaha following today's disclosures) Based on that, it looks pretty clear to me that Dorian Nakamoto decided to "latch on" to the Satoshi Nakamoto founder's myth, either as a way to boost his re…
> even after I pointed this very "attack" out during the Ed Snowden GPG affair
This is a strange and unhealthy response. What was so hard/uncomfortable about saying "I did not realize" or "I was wrong"? It is okay to be wrong or not know something.
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
How did John Titor sign it in 2001? The Dorian S Nakamoto signature could be time-faked also.
John Titor is a time traveler.
Relevant and disgusting: http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/10/post_37...