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Comment by throwawaymsft | Hacker News Reader

Right. Someone with world class level c++ and crypto skills just happened to be unemployed for a decade and unable to pay his internet bills.

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As I pointed out elsewhere, claiming that he has no internet is rather inconsistent with the fact that he and apparently his brother Arthur clearly had access to the internet quite recently. This is another act of deception from him, and totally unnecessary if he merely wanted to clear up a misunderstanding.

Because no one without internet at home has ever gone to the local library to use it

What's the point in bringing that up if it does not at all impinge on one's ability to access the internet? Plus the whole financial distress argument doesn't at all sound plausible either, seeing he still has a house and apparently no major debts. No one in his family even brought it up in any previous incident.

Because presumably the mastermind behind bitcoin keeps an eye on it. Also, you don't know anything, at all about his personal finances. Maybe you're the real Satoshi. You only pop up to comment about how this guy must be the real one. That or you're a Newsweek shill.

>you're a Newsweek shill.

Has Hacker News really fallen to this level?

I was under the impression that it was wild speculation week. At least that's what Newsweek and CNN have left me thinking

Can I ask if you're a programmer, and if you understand the technical complexity of what bitcoin solved?

If you think any programmer of that caliber would let their home internet access expire... not sure what to say.

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