Bitcoin falls below $5,000

Re:Bitcoin falls below $5,000 by berberous on Monday November 19, 2018 @02:48PM (#18489162)

I haven't followed the split very closely at all, but "someone claiming to be the creator of Bitcoin" really understates things. That someone is Craig Wright. Craig is _obviously_ not Satoshi (the creator of Bitcoin) -- he is a transparent fraudster, lacks technical understanding, and is unhinged (see his tweets and crazy threatening emails).

I think a lot of this is just stemming from Craig's ongoing desire to fraudulently control Bitcoin by claiming to be it's creator (the fork is called "Satoshi's Vision").

I'd stay far away from anything he touches.

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Re:Bitcoin falls below $5,000 by dawhizkid on Monday November 19, 2018 @03:22PM (#18489457)

Yes, I've followed his tweets on occasion. I'm not saying I think he is Satoshi. His "unhinged" Twitter behavior is not any more crazy than a certain leader of the free world IMO and on par with the general eccentricities that is crypto right now.

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Re:Bitcoin falls below $5,000 by berberous on Monday November 19, 2018 @03:45PM (#18489619)

This email is pretty unhinged: https://coinjournal.net/craig-wright-threatens-to-crash-bitc...

Comparing him to Trump only speaks to the fact that Trump also has issues, not that Craig does not.

Moreover, the style of writing/behavior is polar opposite of Satoshi.

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Re:Bitcoin falls below $5,000 by sunshiney on Monday November 19, 2018 @02:53PM (#18489201)

I feel similarly about both CW and RV. This hash war may have been a nice moment of drama diversion but from a professional point of view, it's an awful game to bring to the crypto world and for noobs who have just begun watching.

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