DimensionZ
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May 06, 2016, 06:14:19 PM |
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Wow Craig Wright scrapped his entire showy website and left that sentimental message on the way out. I guess he is the first cryptographically busted con artist and what he tried to do is really shameful. But I still can't understand why he did this. Was it for money, fame or something else?
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Evildrum
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May 06, 2016, 07:03:47 PM |
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Wheres my dogpound at?  Think that will go over a few peoples heads.  This may trigger more copycats trying to cash in on a quick bump in fame to hawk a product or two. Hope that we do not go down that road as it would be a bad look for the community as the media then parades the disgraced folks out to point at bitcoin as a monster. |
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tuvok007
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May 06, 2016, 07:38:29 PM |
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What would be Craig Wrights motive for all this, he should knew that his lie would last only for couple of days the most.Nobody can be that stupid,or maybe he really is Satoshi and that all is somehow his move we just dont get it.
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stereotype
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May 06, 2016, 07:50:18 PM |
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What would be Craig Wrights motive for all this, he should knew that his lie would last only for couple of days the most.Nobody can be that stupid,or maybe he really is Satoshi and that all is somehow his move we just dont get it.
Craig is not Satoshi. But it looks like he had some kind of contact with the group, Satoshi was part of. Can only think Craig is/was trying position himself for a power grab, with the financial benefits that come with it. Scammy behavior, whoever he is. Im still maintaining that Ira Klieman has infos, that would answer the pertinent questions. |
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Cryddit
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May 06, 2016, 08:03:07 PM |
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buy a goddamn clue already, people.
Who Satoshi is doesn't matter.
Who claims to be Satoshi doesn't matter.
Who can and can't sign something with one of Satoshi's keys doesn't matter (much).
Bitcoin matters. It stands or it falls.
There is NO reason for Satoshi to reveal himself/herself/themselves. NONE. (See PS. below) And -- THINK ABOUT THIS -- No reason for any of you to care who Satoshi was.
Whether Bitcoin stands or falls is not determined by who Satoshi was. Has nothing to do with it, in fact. That is nothing but a distraction and you're behaving like hysterical children over it. Hysterical children, I might add, that nobody wants to do business with.
Bitcoin stands or fails depending on its community. The technical soundness is "good enough" at this point, but even if it's perfect that is necessary but not sufficient for its success. It stands or fails on depending on its community. That's right, on you guys. You guys who are fighting and bickering and backbiting and getting into fights over "proof" of something that doesn't matter. You guys who are demonstrating a complete lack of the kind of calm rational judgment required to use this system in a way which allows commerce and business to be built. You guys who are treating each other the way sociopaths whom nobody wants to do business with treat each other. You guys who are hoarding the currency rather than building businesses on it or supporting businesses that use it, you guys who are talking revolution and subversive activities and and seeking to undermine government financial planning (Yes, some of it is stupid and works against its people but that's the exception not the rule). You guys, in some cases, who are treating out-and-out murdering crooks as culture heroes. You guys who fell for Karpeles' confidence game and then never had a reflective moment about the role your own stupid greed played in that.
You are the reason Bitcoin isn't getting any traction. The way you treat each other, your conspiracy theory bullshit, the way you respond to people claiming to have been Satoshi, and your blindly stupid conviction that it matters. Buy a goddamn clue and act like businesspeople, and this whole thing might succeed. Keep up this infighting and bickering and radicalism and criminal activity and this getting distracted by such goddamn trivia as who Satoshi was, and you'll destroy what Satoshi (and Hal, and Gavin, and Hearn, and EVERYBODY ELSE) spent their time and energy trying to bring and build.
PS. In fact right now several governments (starting with the UK, but with Australia not far behind) are quite prepared to file terrorism charges against anyone who makes a credible claim on having been the user of that pseudonym during the time of Bitcoin's development. It's all about whether it was created in order to facilitate money laundering by "terrorist organizations." If you've got the "Satoshi" keys, would you really want to come forward and step into that line of fire?
All you can conclude about anybody who claims to have been Satoshi - whether the claim is truthful or not - is that they have poor judgment.
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pawel7777
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May 06, 2016, 08:08:15 PM |
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buy a goddamn clue already, people.
Who Satoshi is doesn't matter.
Who claims to be Satoshi doesn't matter.
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One. Million. Bitcoins. Yeah, it kinda matters a lil bit. In fact right now several governments (starting with the UK, but with Australia not far behind) are quite prepared to charge terrorism charges {{Citation needed}} |
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Cryddit
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May 06, 2016, 08:14:31 PM |
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One. Million. Bitcoins.
Yeah, it kinda matters a lil bit.
Doesn't matter to you, unless it's your money. After eight years of sitting on those coins, you imagine Satoshi is going to spend them in a way that destroys the entire Bitcoin economy? I'll say you don't have much to worry about, and if you weren't fetishizing sheer wealth, so would you. |
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May 06, 2016, 08:19:07 PM |
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May 06, 2016, 08:22:19 PM |
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One. Million. Bitcoins.
Yeah, it kinda matters a lil bit.
Doesn't matter to you, unless it's your money. After eight years of sitting on those coins, you imagine Satoshi is going to spend them in a way that destroys the entire Bitcoin economy? I'll say you don't have much to worry about, and if you weren't fetishizing sheer wealth, so would you. It might matter if a douche like Wright would gain control of those coins and/or Bitcoin development. |
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pawel7777
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May 06, 2016, 08:40:27 PM |
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One. Million. Bitcoins.
Yeah, it kinda matters a lil bit.
Doesn't matter to you, unless it's your money. After eight years of sitting on those coins, you imagine Satoshi is going to spend them in a way that destroys the entire Bitcoin economy? I'll say you don't have much to worry about, and if you weren't fetishizing sheer wealth, so would you. If you were a for-profit trader, you'd know that it's not about what you think, but more about what you expect the others are thinking. Even if there's not a single person panic-selling, the price could still crash simply when/if enough traders predict there will be panic-selling going on. And as much as you might despise the sheer wealth, aka BTC price, it has fundamental meaning for Bitcoin security. Was hoping for something not made up by an author. Today anonymous sources from the UK police leaked information about intentions to arrest Mr. Wright using anti-terror legislation, however this is yet to be confirmed. My annonymous, unconfirmed police source calls bullshit on this story. |
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BCEmporium
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May 06, 2016, 08:50:53 PM |
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Why would Craig be arrested under "anti-terror" laws?!
Get real!!!
I guess who made that story is someone who joined the initial panic sale, lost a few bucks and have his feelings hurt...
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Crazygreek
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May 06, 2016, 10:18:54 PM |
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One. Million. Bitcoins.
Yeah, it kinda matters a lil bit.
Doesn't matter to you, unless it's your money. After eight years of sitting on those coins, you imagine Satoshi is going to spend them in a way that destroys the entire Bitcoin economy? I'll say you don't have much to worry about, and if you weren't fetishizing sheer wealth, so would you. I don't really think that when Satoshi will try to spend money and also will destroys Bitcoin economy , he is don't care, cause he will make easy money and just dissapere. |
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May 06, 2016, 11:20:20 PM |
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Why would it need quoting? |
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Gleb Gamow
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May 06, 2016, 11:28:27 PM |
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May 06, 2016, 11:31:47 PM |
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Why would Craig be arrested under "anti-terror" laws?!
Get real!!!
I guess who made that story is someone who joined the initial panic sale, lost a few bucks and have his feelings hurt...
Hahaha!! Craig arrested for anti-terror? craig is a terrorist that uses bitcoin for buying his weapons. Just wait for it , he will also announce it like how he announce that he is satoshi. Maybe is also funding the ISIS. LOL! Forget about that craig, he is just a famewhore. |
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AlexGR
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May 07, 2016, 12:05:53 AM |
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And he was buying at mt.gox for 1200$?  |
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May 07, 2016, 12:28:21 AM |
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And he was buying at mt.gox for 1200$? That's irrelevant. A distraction. The guy had people working for him that were reporting details of BTC transactions to the tax office; and the tax office generated notes of meetings from recordings. Did he swap his BTC to raise funds for a big BTC venture? Was he testing out exchange systems? That might just as easily explain the trading on Gox. The tax authorities....their records are the key to getting closer to finding out what's what. |
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spud21
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May 07, 2016, 12:35:44 AM |
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I made the mistake of clicking that link. Although virustotal says its clean I hope my computer hasn't been infected with a virus from it. That reddit thread shows it's not the first time that fake site's been used to spread fake stories. I'm surprised it hasn't been shut down by someone by now. |
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