Jean-Paul Sartre, Signing and Significance

Post by gedrap » Mon, May 02, 2016, 10:11 AM UTC

acqq wrote: post #10

capitalsigma wrote: post #4

Are you telling me that the inventor of bitcoin has: document.onmousedown=disableclick; status="Sorry, not sharing images!"; function disableclick(event) { if(event.button==2) { alert(status); return false; } } on his blog?

Good catch! My thoughts: I imagine the post with the information that's easy to verify, it would have numbers (and files) that could be easily copied, not images that need to be OCR-ed or retyped. So why images? Only to postpone the moment of the verification or the rejection of the claims. Only somebody who wants to postpone that would come to both to the idea of using the images and attempting to make the saving of…

Post by capitalsigma » Mon, May 02, 2016, 10:47 AM UTC

gedrap wrote: post #11

acqq wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good catch! My thoughts: I imagine the post with the information that's easy to verify, it would have numbers (and files) that could be easily copied, not images that need to be OCR-ed or retyped. So why images? Only to postpone the moment of the verification or the rejection of the claims. Only somebody who wants to postpone that would come to both to the idea of using the images and attempting to make the saving of…

Interesting point about OCR. But isn't bypassing it as straightforward as taking a partial screenshot, which is simple in any modern OS? At which point it is so simple that it doesn't make much sense. Although this story is full of mysteries, I'd let this particular bit slide. Never assume malice when stupidity will suffice, as they say.

Post by bmm6o » Mon, May 02, 2016, 6:39 PM UTC

jychang wrote: post #3

Still, questions remain. Mr Wright does not want to make public the proof for block 1, arguing that block 9 contains the only bitcoin address that is clearly linked to Mr Nakamoto (because he sent money to Hal Finney). Repeating the procedure for other blocks, he says, would not add more certainty. He also says he can’t send any bitcoin because they are now owned by a trust. And he rejected the idea of having The Eco…

Post by acqq » Mon, May 02, 2016, 9:50 PM UTC

roywiggins wrote: post #16

acqq wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good catch! My thoughts: I imagine the post with the information that's easy to verify, it would have numbers (and files) that could be easily copied, not images that need to be OCR-ed or retyped. So why images? Only to postpone the moment of the verification or the rejection of the claims. Only somebody who wants to postpone that would come to both to the idea of using the images and attempting to make the saving of…

The blog has code preventing ctrl/alt/shift as well, presumably as a crude anti-copy device. What is this, 2003?! Who does that? It just screams self-important and under informed, two qualities not previously associated with Satoshi.