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"I'm disappointed Newsweek decided to dox the Nakamoto family, and regret talking to Leah."

Source: https://twitter.com/gavinandresen/status/441547758827474946

This is not good news... I hope the next chirp from Gavin isn't "I regret talking to the CIA and CFR and..."! Don't you know...loose lips sink ships!

Gavin's tweets doesn't mean the article is true.

lol. what does it mean then, idiot?

idiot?

The man of the article is Satoshi Nakamoto but it's maybe not the same than ours.

It means that we have to hope he really is Satoshi, so he can afford the bodyguards he needs from now on. If not he is in deep shit.

Gavin's tweet expresses regret that he spoke with the journalist, but does not confirm that he knows this Nakamoto to be bitcoin's Nakamoto.  

He says that he didn't know they would dox the Nakamoto family--this Nakamoto family got doxxed regardless of whether the theory presented in the article is true or false.  

+1

Gavin should clear it out ...what he really means !!!

+1 Gavin hasn't publicly stated yet that he believes or doesn't believe he's the real deal. Until he does, the speculation continues...

lol...the speculation of bitcoin continues to grow...in every facet.... i think if the real Satoshi put his hand up, no one would believe....

If any of you who think gavin is confirming this actually read the article, you will see that it is specified in it that gavin has only spoke to satoshi through emails and private message on here and that satoshi dodged every question about him and they talked only about code.

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yah, no kidding.  never trust a reporter. 

even if this guy isn't THE Satoshi, his life is now going to be a living hell. 

if it is him, his thanks for doing this and making all of these people filthy fucking rich is to reveal things he clearly did not want people to know to, of all people, a fucking reporter.  that sucks beyond words.

how long before the tax man shows up at his door, I wonder.  Noon-ish?

what a totally dumbass move.......

The Pope should show his own bitcoin address on CNN.

its the laziest bit of reporting research to ignore any info gleemed from satoshi's forum messages/ irc chat logs and emails. but to find someone in america that has a name that matches the 'nickname'/pseudonym. purely to attempt to make it look like satoshi was an american. to give warm feelings to american people that he is their hero and not a british educated guy (which actual evidence points to)

so lets doxx me.. this pseudonym is franky1 so lets find the name frank whan(1). and lets narrow it down to america, purely so that doxxers can use their white-pages to search names
http://www.whitepages.com/name/Frank-Whan

.. hang on mybirth certificate doesnt say frank... oh wait i am born and live in england..


and if i was gavin i would say
i regret anyone that has doxxed frank-whan and invaded the privacy of a innocent guy, i assure people i will not talk again to any lazy doxxers that get it wrong.

sounds like umad.

While I agree that the reporter is lazy and ethically challenged, your attempt to spin this as some kind of American feel-good story is beyond idiotic and straight into retarded.

How about you just STFU if you don't have anything to contribute besides nationalistic drivel?

I really doubt that... you think if they wanted him they couldn't have found him before this irritating reporter lady did?

Actually I really do hope he says that.

Yeah, he's definitely a target now, sadly.

I'm not sure which scares me more:

a) the article is true and now the media/government can use this person's personal/character defects (come on nobody's perfect) to attack bitcoin

b) the article is false and this guy is going to get kidnapped and killed when his family can't pay the ransom.

This is really not good, no matter what.

And even if you're a sociopath and don't care about this guy, situation (b) still means bitcoin becomes "murdercoin" in the media.

As they intended. I can not help but notice they run everything negative they can find, and in fact take a shot at it again in this very artical.

It seems Newsweek and other large publications have an easier time writing about the secretive and apparent Bitcoin founder and supposed criminals like Charlie Shrem or e-Gold founder Douglas Jackson then focusing on real issues that cost billions if not trillions, not even mentioning the changes in the legal landscape in the US. Probably scared
Associated Press might yank their chain.

sell btc before they gonna worth nothing!

Why would they be worth nothing?  ::)

It is also possible that the article is factually correct and that this Nakamoto has nothing to do with bitcoin. 

correct. and i guess gavin dont believe this   :D

so basically...gavin ******** up?

Whether he believes or not, he's responsible for pointing that vulture in the direction of Nakamoto. If he's not the real Satoshi, he should immediately sue that woman before they start filming his house 24/7.  If I were him I'd disconnect my phone and internet and take a hike.

Very sad day for bitcoin  :( , satoshi was meant to be  anonymous forever.

Does it say that in the bible?

Wow, so communicate, such friendly. Cool



As Gavin never met or knew who Satoshi was he would have no idea if that was the man himself or not.

Idiot.

Sorry but I think if this is proven to be Satoshi the price will go up as more people realise it's not any govt dept. (CIA/NSA/MI5) behind bitcoin.

Gavin in article mention that he never met Satoshi and don't know his real identity. Gavin shouldn't take part in this article at all.

Well he's had nearly three years to get over talking to the CIA... https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=6652.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=6652.0)

Its a sad reflection of humanity that no one thus far has even considered the possibility that the man pictured is completely made up, like this:

The REAL Satoshi:

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1467238!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/sang-ho-kim.jpg

And the fact that the article mentions that Satoshi broke off contact after Gavin mentioned that meeting (not sure if that's a fact, but he wasn't very happy about poking the hive) is quite telling of his intentions, why can't Gavin just stop... and rather let Bitcoin do the talking...

Here's an idea: next time someone asks about bitcoin, send them the whitepaper, the source code, a paper wallet and direct them to a decent mining hardware vendor and tell them to read a little more just like everyone else ;)

P.S. I must say, it sounds like the cops actually did a good job for a change... and whether it's Satoshi or not, he sounds like a great Dad.

Just saying.

It's not our Satoshi. (facts we know, don't match at all)
Cheap article. Finding a Satoshi, claiming it to be the real one. To get some 'praise' as a journalist. (Media coverage > Fact finding.) Just saying.

Satoshi, I know you read this. ; Run you cleverboy, run.