Satoshi's Daughter Says Her Father Distrusted Government

[rat]

“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.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2014/03/06/man-behind-bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto-may-be-found/

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[whtchocla7e]

Sounds a little delusional but I have seen worse ramblings on this site.

[cool007zqw]

The article has been removed. But thanks to Google web cache:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:phLwY7rOIQYJ:www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2014/03/06/man-behind-bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto-may-be-found/+&cd=1&hl=zh-CN&ct=clnk&gl=de

[drrussellshane]

well... remember when the US gov't (unlawfully) used Census data to track down and imprison Japanese-Americans during WWII?

[RodeoX]

well... remember when the US gov't (unlawfully) used Census data to track down and imprison Japanese-Americans during WWII?

That crossed my mind as well. It is a story this guy must be well aware of living in California. It would leave an impression of distrust on me.

[BrewCrewFan]

“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.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2014/03/06/man-behind-bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto-may-be-found/

Being of Asian decent, I can see how this would play a roll in someones life, after all, we in the US put them in camps durring WWII...

[DeathAndTaxes]

The forbes article is down but the referenced Newsweek story is up:
http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html

I really hope it isn't him because if it is then his life is going to become a living hell.

[the_poet]

Is it April 1st yet?

[sedrchang]

http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html

"It's been turned over to other people. They are in charge of it now. I no longer have any connection." << sounds like his invention taken over by US Government or other evil group/government.

[studio1one]

http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html

"It's been turned over to other people. They are in charge of it now. I no longer have any connection." << sounds like his invention taken over by US Government or other evil group/government.

or even the core dev team. Imagine that.

[whtchocla7e]

http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html

"It's been turned over to other people. They are in charge of it now. I no longer have any connection." << sounds like his invention taken over by US Government or other evil group/government.

or even the core dev team. Imagine that.

any proof the core dev is not sponsored by a gov't??

thought so.

[SirWilliam]

http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html

"It's been turned over to other people. They are in charge of it now. I no longer have any connection." << sounds like his invention taken over by US Government or other evil group/government.

or even the core dev team. Imagine that.

Hahaa, that's absurd, you crazy conspiracy theorist! I happen to know he turned it over to the Reptilians! He's a traitor to humanity!

[greenlion]

There is zero evidence presented in the Newsweek article that can actually be independently corroborated. The entire presentation is contingent on trust in a news organization on the brink of nonexistence, with every incentive in the world to publish anything it takes to sell a large run of their first foray back into paper editions.

Bitcoin is a soft target, they can print whatever they want with zero standards whatsoever, generate as much hype as they want to spur sales, and there will be absolutely no consequences.

[studio1one]

http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html

"It's been turned over to other people. They are in charge of it now. I no longer have any connection." << sounds like his invention taken over by US Government or other evil group/government.

or even the core dev team. Imagine that.

any proof the core dev is not sponsored by a gov't??

thought so.

Ah logical fallacy #1

[krampus]

http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html

"It's been turned over to other people. They are in charge of it now. I no longer have any connection." << sounds like his invention taken over by US Government or other evil group/government.

or even the core dev team. Imagine that.

any proof the core dev is not sponsored by a gov't??

thought so.

Ah logical fallacy #1

This.

You may or may not be able to prove that the core dev team IS sponsored by a government. The reverse isn't provable. You cannot prove that they are not, so the statement becomes meaningless.

In other words, the burden of proof is on the person that says the core team is sponsored, not on the rest of us to prove that they are not.

[TKeenan]

The forbes article is down but the referenced Newsweek story is up:
http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html

I really hope it isn't him because if it is then his life is going to become a living hell.

This whole thing is a hoax engineered by the real satoshi.  The article is fake.  That is why Forbes removed it.  The real satoshi paid this family to act like the bitcoin creator to deflect further attention to the real one.  The story is too 'devised'. 

[BitOnyx]

http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html

"It's been turned over to other people. They are in charge of it now. I no longer have any connection." << sounds like his invention taken over by US Government or other evil group/government.

or even the core dev team. Imagine that.

any proof the core dev is not sponsored by a gov't??

thought so.

same as there is no proof it is.



There is no evidence that it is The Satoshi, not some random educated Satoshi. Trying to be anonymous and use your real name is just illogical.

[LiteCoinGuy]

satoshis daughter says:

"come here, ill tell you everything"

[ChuckBuck]

This might be Satoshi's daughter, Ilene Mitchell:

[greenlion]

It is Satoshi Nakamoto's daughter, just not necessarily the person who created Bitcoin.

All we actually know from the Newsweek article is that there's some guy from Southern California actually named Satoshi Nakamoto who has a vaguely relevant educational / professional background, who happens to allegedly have libertarian political tendencies, and reacted in a threatened manner when confronted by a reporter unannounced at his door. And that the reporter was able to manipulate estranged or disgruntled members of his family to contribute quotes that could be spun in such a way as to support the journalist's flimsy hypothesis.

The dialogue between the journalist and the subject of the article, and the police officers, is obviously completely fabricated and/or delusional, and there simply isn't a smoking gun anywhere in the entire article that can be corroborated independently whatsoever.

There is literally nothing but bullshit in this article.