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As someone with the same name as a somewhat well-known former Bitcoin developer, this is sort of a latent fear I have. I would expect that someone dumb enough to think a home invasion is a good idea is also dumb enough to not double-check whether they've got the right guy.

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Many years ago, I went to school with someone who shared their name with someone who got in a very public spat with George Steinbrenner who was the owner of the New York Yankees at the time. They got literal death threats on their phone.

ADDED: Since then I've often thought the worst case scenario is to share a somewhat unusual name with someone who is hated/notorious in some manner given it invites crazies to do crazy things.

A real life The Big Lebowski

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