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I agree. It's not a lay up that Newsweek is right or wrong in their conclusions. It's definitely up for debate whether their reporting methods were crafty or immoral.

There has been a lot of guesses as to who Satoshi is and this is the first time (I believe) he has come out and denied it.

Which makes the accusation worse as it adds credibility.

Do we know with a certainty that it was him who denied it?

I think the real Satoshi would have at least signed the message.

Apparently the account is linked to the original Bitcoin paper. Timestamps can be edited though, it depends on the integrity of the site itself.

Occam's razor says it is him. I don't think Satoshi ever signed any of his messages, so why start now? Especially when the Newsweek article is so clearly based on such extraordinarily flimsy evidence, that really, his denial should be enough.

It's the first time that an introverted guy has been "accused" and then hounded by the press about it, though.

(I'm not trying to give a definite answer either way here.)

Being right is never an excuse for being a jerk. Being maybe right is even less of an excuse.