Creator of Bitcoin digital cash reveals identity

#1

Post by joewalker » Mon, May 02, 2016, 7:05 AM UTC

Creator of Bitcoin digital cash reveals identity
bbc.com

Re: Creator of Bitcoin digital cash reveals identity

#2

Post by blowski » Mon, May 02, 2016, 7:14 AM UTC

tl;dr - it is Craig Wright.

Re: Creator of Bitcoin digital cash reveals identity

#3

Post by golergka » Mon, May 02, 2016, 7:23 AM UTC

blowski wrote: post #2

tl;dr - it is Craig Wright.

This is a good TLDR, why is this downvoted?

Re: Creator of Bitcoin digital cash reveals identity

#4

Post by disposeofnick9 » Mon, May 02, 2016, 7:23 AM UTC

Dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11609629

Re: Creator of Bitcoin digital cash reveals identity

#5

Post by abhi3 » Mon, May 02, 2016, 7:25 AM UTC

disposeofnick9 wrote: post #4

Dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11609629

Actually this was submitted 2 minutes earlier but the other took the lead in upvotes.

Re: Creator of Bitcoin digital cash reveals identity

#6

Post by markbao » Mon, May 02, 2016, 7:30 AM UTC

Skip the short BBC article – The Economist has a full profile here: http://www.economist.com/news/briefings/21698061-craig-steve...

EDIT: Mods merged the thread with https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11609611, which is the Economist story. I can't seem to delete this comment, for some reason.

Re: Creator of Bitcoin digital cash reveals identity

#7

Post by gsibble » Mon, May 02, 2016, 7:31 AM UTC

Fascinating. Why would he chose to reveal himself now?

Re: Creator of Bitcoin digital cash reveals identity

#8

Post by heimatau » Mon, May 02, 2016, 7:33 AM UTC

markbao wrote: post #6

Skip the short BBC article – The Economist has a full profile here: http://www.economist.com/news/briefings/21698061-craig-steve... EDIT: Mods merged the thread with https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11609611 , which is the Economist story. I can't seem to delete this comment, for some reason.

Yup. Attached is the HN submission. Seems legit. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11609708

Re: Creator of Bitcoin digital cash reveals identity

#9

Post by huac » Mon, May 02, 2016, 7:33 AM UTC

golergka wrote: post #3

blowski wrote: post #2

tl;dr - it is Craig Wright.

This is a good TLDR, why is this downvoted?

because it might not be

Re: Creator of Bitcoin digital cash reveals identity

#10

Post by heimatau » Mon, May 02, 2016, 7:36 AM UTC

Check out Economist's write up. Lots of detail. Not just the 5 minute video.

http://www.economist.com/news/briefings/21698061-craig-steve...

HN sub: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11609708