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Man Denies He's Bitcoin Founder

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Re: Man Denies He's Bitcoin Founder

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Post by mililani »

natrius wrote: post #9
vex wrote: post #2

Looks like Newsweek is going to have to deal with some pretty heavy fallout, seeing as they've already gone to print: https://twitter.com/KiraBind/status/441683373665554433/photo...

If by fallout you mean tons of revenue, then I agree.

I'm thinking more like a huge lawsuit.

Re: Man Denies He's Bitcoin Founder

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Post by rjzzleep »

why are we up voting these threads? so someone posts this fancy story about the bitcoin founder he finally found, which for all we know could be false.

yet, we have nothing better to up vote than every major news outlets satoshi nakamoto story.

Re: Man Denies He's Bitcoin Founder

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Post by marcomassaro »

sarreph wrote: post #10
Zikes wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The shop keeper on the other side of the country that once had an Asian man come in about three years ago and buy two crepes without giving his name or letting his photo be taken?

What wasn't mentioned was the owner's wife's crepey photographic memory.

I see what you did there

Re: Man Denies He's Bitcoin Founder

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Post by jsnk »

I will forever mark the name, Leah McGrath Goodman and Newsweek editorial staff in my mind as a toxic journalist and TMZ-styled publication after this event.

Granted, I don't think Leah McGrath Goodman and Newsweek did anything illegal by breaking this story. I don't think it's wrong for Goodman to attempt to contact Satoshi's relatives over the phone.

What really crossed the line for me was Leah McGrath Goodman and Newsweek's decision to post the photo of the house, with the car's plate info on it.

Why would you do this? What relavence if any did this have to the story?

Showing of the house with car license plate resulted in identifying his address really easily. Let's face it. She wouldn't have done this to Bill Gates or Jeff Bezos even though they are far more famous, rich and public. She did this to this guy only because he's reclusive and powerless.

Re: Man Denies He's Bitcoin Founder

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Post by latj »

bennyg wrote: post #8

So is there any way to verify either account, beyond nudging the benefit of the doubt in the company with higher journalistic integrity's favor (AP)?

The two stories arent mutually exclusive.

According to Newsweek the man acknowledged that he had worked on bitcoin: "I am no longer involved in that and I cannot discuss it"

AP says the main is denying he ever worked on bitcoin.

He very well could have said both of those things.

Re: Man Denies He's Bitcoin Founder

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Post by chuinard »

The original article claims of an encounter with Satoshi with the police present that mention he handed Bitcoin off. Wouldn't it make sense for Leah to get that officer to go on public record corroborating her story? Or can officers not do that?
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