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Comment by naiyt | Hacker News Reader

What a crazy bunch of events in the Bitcoin world today.

Of course, this isn't necessarily proof that Dorian isn't Satoshi. (I personally don't think that he is, but I guess we'll see.) Regardless, it sure will be nice when the media stops hounding this guy. Especially if he really isn't Satoshi. This could have the potential of completely ruining somebody's life, particularly one who seems rather private like Dorian.

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Too late. Whether he his or not, the court of public opinion has already judged him, and he's being chased around LA by "journalists".

http://gawker.com/bitcoin-inventor-denies-newsweek-story-aft...

This is Gawker, so take it with a truckload of salt. It's mostly just a rehash of several sources.

That sequence of tweets reads like something out of Snow Crash.

William Gibson himself invented a better story:

https://twitter.com/GreatDismal/status/441766075005276160 https://twitter.com/GreatDismal/status/441767131605000192

And it's interestingly affected the exchange absolutely not at all.

http://markets.blockchain.info/

The markets have been extremely quiet lately. I'm not sure if it's stability or lack of interest.

Isn't it convenient that, right when there's a minor cascade of failures in Bitcoin related things, a journalist from Newsweek just happens to figure out who Satoshi Nakamoto must be?

I think the more convenient answer had to do with Newsweek going back into print, myself.

Do you have a hypothesized conspiracy or causal link that you would like to share, or are you just commenting on coincidences?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7357862

I think that is entirely plausible, but I don't really see how Newsweek comes into it. Having a fall-guy in case the shit hits the fan is a bit different from throwing the shit at the fan yourself (the NSA tipping off Newsweek?) and having a fall guy for that.

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