CoinTelegraph publishes nonsense story claiming to receive e-mail from Satoshi

web version here: http://www.bitcoinfuturesguide.com/bitcoin-blog/disgraceful-cointelegraph-publishes-nonsense-clickbait-story-about-receiving-e-mail-from-satoshi-nakamoto

What an absolutely disgraceful article from CoinTelegraph today. The headline: "Satoshi Nakamoto Writes To CoinTelegraph About The Nobel Prize": http://cointelegraph.com/news/115901/satoshi-nakamoto-writes-to-cointelegraph-about-the-nobel-prize

This is nothing but worthless clickbait. No proof that it is Satoshi is provided, and an absurd claim that he is working on Ethereum is included, which likely points to a motive to pump Ether. The article claims that it is "signed" by Satoshi:

An interview with Vitalik from Ethereum is also in the article, so maybe you want to read it for that. But again, no PGP key or any evidence that it is Satoshi is presented, which makes the headline absolute BS.

The author basically could have told his friend to send him an e-mail claiming to be Satoshi and published an article about it and then shilling Ether. This is really a bizarre article.

Don't trust Cointelgraph with such shameless clickbait.

If you absolutely must read the fake e-mail then here:

lol its says blockchain technology

Blythe Masters would more likely have written it

That's a very cheap move by CT team indeed, classic fabrication of 'news' when you got nothing else to write about.

The only thing that's missing in that email is: "ps. I've lost all my private keys, plz send donations to: ..."

Quote from: Bitcoinpro on December 17, 2015, 02:50:18 PM

lol its says blockchain technology

Blythe Masters would more likely have written it

Coitelegraph just wants some attention and leadership in the news industry. They are a goddamn hoaxers

Satoshi's posts on this forum are very articulate. That letter was written by a 12 year old. lol

Do you want to lose readers and ruin your reputation? Because this is how you start.

Quote from: Blawpaw on December 17, 2015, 04:04:48 PM

Coitelegraph just wants some attention and leadership in the news industry. They are a goddamn hoaxers

This got my attention:

"...But it could also be a form of retaliation, due to recent significant changes in the staff of CoinTelegraph." (from the quoted CT article).

Not sure what this means, but it kind of suggest they might have replaced the previous team with cheaper and less competent staff.

Quote from: pawel7777 on December 17, 2015, 03:57:43 PM

That's a very cheap move by CT team indeed, classic fabrication of 'news' when you got nothing else to write about.

They might not have fabricated it but it's more than likely just another hoax from a spoofed email which is fairly easy to do. If CoinTelegraph would have written it they probably would have at least proofread the e-mail.

Quote from: QuestionAuthority on December 17, 2015, 04:06:23 PM

Satoshi's posts on this forum are very articulate. That letter was written by a 12 year old. lol

Cool. S/He was in this forum? What is her/his forum name?

Quote from: mezzomix on December 17, 2015, 04:46:14 PM

satoshi

Cool. Thanks! S/He has forum userid of 3.

userid 1 is admin
userid 2 doesn't exist.

Edit: I'm reading through his old postings now...

Did not know about satoshi being in this forum! it is good to be able to read him here.

As for the cointelegraph article, I agree it is more likely bullshit.

I was just reading the article on Cointelegraph and was going to post about it but since you made one ... I'm the only one who don't see this "signed" message on the picture ?
Cointelegraph is known for promoting scams and stuff so I wouldn't trust them honestly , they probably just want to get more traffic .

Boycott CoinTelegraph.