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Re:I Am Not Satoshi by theboywho on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @02:59AM (#6807035)
I think it's important to note that this paper was a research paid by the Citi foundation, which belongs to Citi Group, a financial services corporation formed following the merger of banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomerate Travelers Group.
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Re:I Am Not Satoshi by mseebach on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @06:51AM (#6807593)
Why exactly is that important? Because it suggests that Citi is involved in hiding the identity of Satoshi and that implies their involvement in setting up Bitcoin?

Or am I missing an angle here?

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Re:I Am Not Satoshi by rs232 on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @07:23AM (#6807667)
I think the claim made is that the powers that be are actively working against Bitcoin, here by tarnishing its reputation with sensationalist research.
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