Satoshi's PGP Keys Are Probably Backdated and Point to a Hoax

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If only we had some globally distributed tamper-proof database we could use to timestamp data...

It doesn't seem credible to me that the real Satoshi would have to gin up some fake evidence that he was Satoshi. If he wanted to leave a trail of bread crumbs, presumably he could have found some real evidence to leave behind. The whole thing smells more and more like a hoax.

Agreed. Maybe the dead American was Satoshi, the Aussie was more loosely involved, and is trying to pull a weekend at Bernie's.

It equally makes no sense that a man who has funds to assemble the Co1n machine with Tulip Trading would muck about with an elaborate hoax like this... It makes no sense in either direction.

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