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Re:I’m Sorry by sigmar on Thursday May 05, 2016 @09:33AM (#11635901)
No one is discrediting him because he isn't good at coding or "just an average geek"

People are skeptical because this isn't the first time he claimed to be Satoshi [1], and that time he did it by back-dating posts. This time he did it with a demonstrably fake signing of Sartre text.

Why would the real Satoshi go to great lengths to create fake evidence?

Re:I’m Sorry by andy_ppp on Thursday May 05, 2016 @10:07AM (#11636199)
Okay, I'll bite. He is the creator of Bitcoin but supplies terrible evidence of him being the creator to throw everyone off the scent :-)

Maybe.

Re:I’m Sorry by sigmar on Thursday May 05, 2016 @10:31AM (#11636398)
It's not "terrible evidence"

It was lengthy, time-consuming, very clearly fabricated evidence.

He claimed he had private keys tied to Satoshi, but refused to sign anything with it (which would have taken 30 seconds).

Re:I’m Sorry by andy_ppp on Thursday May 05, 2016 @01:19PM (#11638000)
I wasn't clear; if you were trying to throw people off the scent of who made Bitcoin by making everyone think it wasn't you this is a pretty successful attempt- I think he's a troll but don't discount the possibility that it's really him :-D
Re:I’m Sorry by ordinary on Thursday May 05, 2016 @02:19PM (#11638527)
No one thought it was him before he spoke out, and no one believes it is him now. There was no scent to throw people off of.
Re:I’m Sorry by andy_ppp on Thursday May 05, 2016 @03:40PM (#11639120)
Well now he's doubly certain no-one is on his tail!