Re:Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto
by pikachu_is_cool on Thursday March 06, 2014 @11:55PM
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That is not a source. That's a random comment on the internet.
Re:Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto
by duaneb on Friday March 07, 2014 @12:45AM
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Too true. I depend on hacker news for many things, but being secure is not a bet I'd put money on. There are ways of making more provable claims in either direction--unless it's either attested multiple times in the past (so as to be difficult to doctor) or it's cryptographically signed or there's a convincing prosecution, I don't think we'll be confident about it.
Re:Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto
by lotsofmangos on Friday March 07, 2014 @04:34AM
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I would bet that anyone who is already very geeky and just happens to be called Satoshi Nakamoto has a much higher than normal chance of being a bitcoin early adopter.
Re:Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto
by scott_karana on Friday March 07, 2014 @12:32PM
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That doesn't invalidate GP at all.
If Dorian was a member of the group that eventually birthed Bitcoin, isn't it realistic that he'd be an early adopter, even if the pseudonym wasn't quite his?
It's a desperate attempt to mislead.
[1] Here is Dorian making an in-person bitcoin purchase in July 2011: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7354326