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March 06, 2014, 12:34:52 PM |
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Poor guy, he's going to have to move, get bodyguards, and maybe change his name. What a vicious journalist.
Yeah, posting a pic of his house and the man himself (and without actual concrete PROOF of this guy's involvement) is pretty fucking tacky. And incredibly irresponsible. |
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Ultros
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March 06, 2014, 12:35:08 PM |
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This article is criminal. Whoever this man is, he's in danger now.
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ardana123
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March 06, 2014, 12:36:27 PM |
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Nakamoto's family describe him as extremely intelligent, moody and obsessively private, a man of few words who screens his phone calls, anonymizes his emails and, for most of his life, has been preoccupied with the two things for which Bitcoin has now become known: money and secrecy. Then why the FUCK?!?! did he use his real name to correspond with Gavin? Doesn't make sense. |
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tarmi
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March 06, 2014, 12:38:39 PM |
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Wow, that's big news if it's true! If what the article says is true I have the greatest respect for him. He won't be happy at being found though. Being this true or not, this poor oldman is going to have some issues right now, i.e. ppl trying to break into his house to steal private keys or whatever... Moreover, if he is truly the creator of Bitcoin, this is probably very bad news, since he will be forced to "cash out" some of his millions of Bitcoin just not to get kidnapped or killed. In other words, market crash incoming if the article is true. This may sound stupid but if I were satoshi and had the private keys I'd evenly split the coins onto every address there is now. [edit] actually split it based on the current distribution of coins. The point is to provably get rid of them what if somebody else already got the private keys? I dont buy it. if he can sign a message, then ok. otherwise - FUD. |
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March 06, 2014, 12:39:18 PM |
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Nakamoto's family describe him as extremely intelligent, moody and obsessively private, a man of few words who screens his phone calls, anonymizes his emails and, for most of his life, has been preoccupied with the two things for which Bitcoin has now become known: money and secrecy. Then why the FUCK?!?! did he use his real name to correspond with Gavin? Doesn't make sense. Perhaps the damage was already done with the 2008 paper (?). |
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March 06, 2014, 12:42:43 PM |
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Article says he hasn't used his real name for 40 years or something.
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March 06, 2014, 12:47:13 PM |
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Wow, that's big news if it's true! If what the article says is true I have the greatest respect for him. He won't be happy at being found though. Being this true or not, this poor oldman is going to have some issues right now, i.e. ppl trying to break into his house to steal private keys or whatever... Moreover, if he is truly the creator of Bitcoin, this is probably very bad news, since he will be forced to "cash out" some of his millions of Bitcoin just not to get kidnapped or killed. In other words, market crash incoming if the article is true. This may sound stupid but if I were satoshi and had the private keys I'd evenly split the coins onto every address there is now. [edit] actually split it based on the current distribution of coins. The point is to provably get rid of them what if somebody else already got the private keys? I dont buy it. if he can sign a message, then ok. otherwise - FUD. Look I hope it is true not because I want Satoshi to be known but because that person's life has just been screwed. If Satoshi has indeed destroyed the keys and that person is Satoshi there is no way to prove that he has in fact destroyed them. The only way out of it is if he actually has the keys. No matter what is going to be done people will probably not believe he destroyed those keys. Maybe through a trustworthy escrow he could send them to an address for which the key was destroyed. Even then you'd have doubters. If this man is indeed Satoshi he can only flee from potential robbers by provably removing his wealth. |
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March 06, 2014, 12:48:27 PM |
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"He is very wary of government interference in general," she says. "When I was little, there was a game we used to play. He would say, 'Pretend the government agencies are coming after you.' And I would hide in the closet." |
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March 06, 2014, 12:49:28 PM |
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If this man is indeed Satoshi he can only flee from potential robbers by provably removing his wealth.
Right, because the only way to protect yourself when you have a billion dollars is to sell them? Not move somewhere people really wont find you with armed guards etc |
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rpietila
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March 06, 2014, 12:54:20 PM |
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I am surprised what kind of sissies you are.. Seemingly never had a million dollars yourselves...  Satoshi is welcome to my castle if he needs protection. |
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tarmi
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March 06, 2014, 12:55:26 PM |
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I am surprised what kind of sissies you are.. Seemingly never had a million dollars yourselves... Satoshi is welcome to my castle if he needs protection. gtfo |
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N12
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March 06, 2014, 12:55:38 PM |
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If Satoshi wants to do the utmost to protect his family, he will provably destroy his BTC.
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FierceRadish
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March 06, 2014, 12:58:36 PM |
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I am surprised what kind of sissies you are.. Seemingly never had a million dollars yourselves... Satoshi is welcome to my castle if he needs protection. That's the point. He clearly doesn't want to be some guy in a photoshopped castle. He wants to be left alone in an average family home with, I assume, average family home levels of security and protection. |
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dreamspark
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March 06, 2014, 12:59:36 PM |
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Why would he have to destroy his btc to protect his family?
In general terms he's not that rich...
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N12
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March 06, 2014, 01:02:56 PM |
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Why would he have to destroy his btc to protect his family?
In general terms he's not that rich...
Because he probably holds the keys himself (do you think he would trust a bank's safe deposit box or anyone but himself?), and thus could easily be targeted. Torture, kidnapping, blackmail. It's like he's storing hundreds of millions of dollars in cash in his home, and everybody knows about it. |
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tarmi
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March 06, 2014, 01:05:22 PM |
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If Satoshi wants to do the utmost to protect his family, he will provably destroy his BTC.
maybe he already did. bullish. |
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March 06, 2014, 01:06:26 PM |
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I think it is despicable journalism. That much said, the so called human interest angle of this is going spread this story like wildfire. very catchy, easy to tell, good headline. it will completely displace the Gox narrative in the MSM and there will be a slew of stories on bitcoin and the reclusive genius creator ....
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March 06, 2014, 01:08:10 PM |
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I'm bullish just because of all the anti-bitcoiners who were scared that Satoshi was the CIA, IMF, NWO etc.
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March 06, 2014, 01:08:20 PM |
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Yeah it went down to $102. Get it right guys !
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Actually, on the 21st February on MtGox (death spiral), it went down to 92$. Speaking of getting it right...  |
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