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Re:Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto by azcoder on Thursday March 06, 2014 @10:56PM (#7358438)
>Unfortunately, that proves nothing.

Linking Dorian to Bitcoin at any time proves everything, proves Dorian = Satoshi. If Dorian paid for crepe in July 2011 with Bitcoin, Dorian is lying and Dorian = Satoshi. There was a large Bitcoin Conference in New York at that time, giving good reason to be there. The retailer said she recognized Dorian as the customer. He didn't want his picture taken or name recorded. Good odds to me it was him.

And "large volume" = 432,000 coins.

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Re:Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto by declan on Thursday March 06, 2014 @11:20PM (#7358488)
Except there's no evidence linking Dorian to that July 2011 crepe. Is there? Someone said "I dunno, he looks kinda familiar?" That's it?
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Re:Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto by azcoder on Thursday March 06, 2014 @11:30PM (#7358511)
>Someone said "I dunno, he looks kinda familiar?" That's it?

That's not what she said. She said it was him. They had conversation and interactions etc to form good memory.

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Re:Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto by declan on Thursday March 06, 2014 @11:58PM (#7358583)
You say "good memory," but there's no evidence of it. The post said "recognized him," though there's a bit of priming (A NEWSWEEK COVER STORY!) to encourage that process along: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7354326

Memory is highly fallible. Eyewitness accounts are highly unreliable even after a shorter period of time than three years. The burden of proof is properly on the Dorian == Satoshi folks.

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Re:Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto by catshirt on Friday March 07, 2014 @12:06AM (#7358597)
come on. you are hanging on evidence best generalized as "someone on the internet said someone they know says they recognize him".

by these standards, the Newsweek article itself seems like sufficient evidence.

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Re:Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto by Crito on Friday March 07, 2014 @12:08AM (#7358608)
That is the most spurious logic I have encountered all week. Dorian lying about the specifics of his involvement with bitcoin does not logically imply that he must also be lying about not being Satoshi.
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Re:Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto by human_error on Friday March 07, 2014 @01:28AM (#7358843)
Even if Dorian is lying about knowing what bitcoin is, I think it wouldn't be a proof of Dorian = Satoshi. He might be worried people would dig his personal life more if he acknowledges he knows what bitcoin is.
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Re:Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto by euank on Thursday March 06, 2014 @11:40PM (#7358533)
See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7358532, my reply a to a sibling comment.
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Re:Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto by jackvalentine on Thursday March 06, 2014 @11:44PM (#7358547)
I don't follow your logic to the same conclusion you do.
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