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A comment on Bitcoincore.org removes Satoshi's whitepaper from website after threats from CSW. Parent comment

Re:Bitcoincore.org removes Satoshi's whitepaper from website... by arcticbull on Thursday January 21, 2021 @12:16PM (#25861318)
Sure why not! It was utterly worthless at the time (and today in my opinion) and we know plenty of people who lost multi tens of thousands of bitcoins.

All it takes is spilling some coffee on your laptop.

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Re:Bitcoincore.org removes Satoshi's whitepaper from website... by ogogmad on Thursday January 21, 2021 @12:29PM (#25861470)
Everything you say is true*, but there's plenty of other evidence that Craig Wright is a fraud, independent of whether he's in possession of Satoshi's private keys: https://craigwright.online/

* - Except where you point out that it's your opinion

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Re:Bitcoincore.org removes Satoshi's whitepaper from website... by CyberDildonics on Thursday January 21, 2021 @12:42PM (#25861630)
> Sure why not!

For multiple reasons

> It was utterly worthless at the time

If you read what Satoshi wrote, he didn't think it would be worthless in the future at all.

> (and today in my opinion)

Your opinion is contradicted by reality

> we know plenty of people who lost multi tens of thousands of bitcoins.

They weren't the creators

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