Prediction of price due to Satoshi's reveal?

[Miz4r]

It's the real guy. And the fact that those coins are untouched proves one thing.

This guy doesn't have the keys. The government has them.

I also think it is the real Satoshi Nakamoto.

The journalist must clearly believe he is the real Satoshi Nakamoto otherwise she would be cutting her own throat. The 15 minutes of fame would just not be worth the after effects of pulling such a stunt as this.

The journalist just wants to score with her article. Do you know in what kind of god awful state so called professional journalism is nowadays? Look at all the bullshit they come up with around Syria, Ukraine, the economy and also Bitcoin. And then you are so easily able to accept this story as the truth? Isn't this more like wishful thinking or confirmation bias at work?

[cdooer]

It's the real guy. And the fact that those coins are untouched proves one thing.

This guy doesn't have the keys. The government has them.

I also think it is the real Satoshi Nakamoto.

The journalist must clearly believe he is the real Satoshi Nakamoto otherwise she would be cutting her own throat. The 15 minutes of fame would just not be worth the after effects of pulling such a stunt as this.

You believe he is the real Satoshi Nakamoto because the journalist 'clearly' believes it?

[cdooer]

It's the real guy. And the fact that those coins are untouched proves one thing.

This guy doesn't have the keys. The government has them.

fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffail


Also what if the real Nakamoto is FAT?!?

Face facts, that is the real Nakamoto.

What facts should we be facing?

[cdooer]

Ha ha, and I just read that this is the first printed Newsweek after being on 'hiatus' for 13 months??? Seems like a bit of a coincidence, doesn't it?


http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/03/06/newsweek-relaunches/6141761/

"Newsweek, the weekly magazine once thought to be on journalistic life support, returns to print life Friday with a bang."
"'Newsweek' comes back after 13-months hiatus under new owner IBT Media"

You can't make this stuff up, this is fantastic.

[chessnut]

why is everyone screaming 'fake'?
is this not the Satoshi Nakamoto you would expect?
he has worked for the military and he is a genius.....
he is humble....
he said 'he is not involved in bitcoin'. which is consistent with the real Satoshi.

makes perfect sense to me. very plausible.

[SpeculateThis]

why is everyone screaming 'fake'?
is this not the Satoshi Nakamoto you would expect?
he has worked for the military and he is a genius.....
he is humble....
he said 'he is not involved in bitcoin'. which is consistent with the real Satoshi.

makes perfect sense to me. very plausible.

You sure about that?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=504733.0

[marvinrouge]

why is everyone screaming 'fake'?
is this not the Satoshi Nakamoto you would expect?
he has worked for the military and he is a genius.....
he is humble....
he said 'he is not involved in bitcoin'. which is consistent with the real Satoshi.

makes perfect sense to me. very plausible.

Why? Just because yet we have zero proof !
Looking for an homonym whose the profile could match more or less with what we know about the real Satoshi (not so much) is far from a real investigation...

[MatTheCat]

The journalist just wants to score with her article. Do you know in what kind of god awful state so called professional journalism is nowadays? Look at all the bullshit they come up with around Syria, Ukraine, the economy and also Bitcoin. And then you are so easily able to accept this story as the truth? Isn't this more like wishful thinking or confirmation bias at work?

I don't care if it is or if it isn't.

My impression of events would lead me to believe that it was. If the journalist is putting arms and legs on her story, and it can be proven, then this will turn out horrendously embarrassing for her and her publication. Sure, the magazine wants publicity, but not for putting out big stories that turn out to be total duff.

I paraphrase Dorian S Nakamoto as quoted in the article as saying "I am no longer involved with Bitcoin, the work has been passed onto other people I have no further involvement", apparently in the presence of two police officers.

If he said that, in relation to a question on Bitcoin (something most people of his generation would never have even heard off), and the reporter wasn't putting words in his mouth or asking him a question in such a way that could be deliberately misconstrued, then it is the real Satoshi Nakamoto. Whether he admits it or not.

[Miz4r]

If he said that, in relation to a question on Bitcoin (something most people of his generation would never have even heard off), and the reporter wasn't putting words in his mouth or asking him a question in such a way that could be deliberately misconstrued, then it is the real Satoshi Nakamoto. Whether he admits it or not.

That's a lot of ifs and buts there before you can arrive at the conclusion it's him. So far you have nothing solid to stand on and your conclusion is very premature.

[relm9]

The journalist just wants to score with her article. Do you know in what kind of god awful state so called professional journalism is nowadays? Look at all the bullshit they come up with around Syria, Ukraine, the economy and also Bitcoin. And then you are so easily able to accept this story as the truth? Isn't this more like wishful thinking or confirmation bias at work?

I don't care if it is or if it isn't.

My impression of events would lead me to believe that it was. If the journalist is putting arms and legs on her story, and it can be proven, then this will turn out horrendously embarrassing for her and her publication. Sure, the magazine wants publicity, but not for putting out big stories that turn out to be total duff.

I paraphrase Dorian S Nakamoto as quoted in the article as saying "I am no longer involved with Bitcoin, the work has been passed onto other people I have no further involvement", apparently in the presence of two police officers.

If he said that, in relation to a question on Bitcoin (something most people of his generation would never have even heard off), and the reporter wasn't putting words in his mouth or asking him a question in such a way that could be deliberately misconstrued, then it is the real Satoshi Nakamoto. Whether he admits it or not.

He never mentioned Bitcoin specifically, he said "I am no longer involved in that". And we don't know the question he was asked.

[MatTheCat]

If he said that, in relation to a question on Bitcoin (something most people of his generation would never have even heard off), and the reporter wasn't putting words in his mouth or asking him a question in such a way that could be deliberately misconstrued, then it is the real Satoshi Nakamoto. Whether he admits it or not.

That's a lot of ifs and buts there before you can arrive at the conclusion it's him. So far you have nothing solid to stand on and your conclusion is very premature.

Nope, I don't.

I am around 10000 miles away from Temple City, California and have only got internet reports and tweets to go by.

But you know what......

....I don't care.

He never mentioned Bitcoin specifically, he said "I am no longer involved in that". And we don't know the question he was asked.

Which is why I stipulated "if the journalist never phrased her question in a way that could be deliberately  misinterpreted "

I couldnt imagine myself putting out such a story if I wasn't 100% convinced he was the man. If I was proven wrong or to be lying, there would be nothing but ridicule and embarrassment.....but then that is me.

[TooDumbForBitcoin]

He never mentioned Bitcoin specifically, he said "I am no longer involved in that". And we don't know the question he was asked.

Hear! Hear!

The "journalist's" whole article, and premise, hinges on that quote - the rest is circumstantial bullshit.  And since she didn't say what she asked him, his reply is irrelevant to Bitcoin until proven (by her) otherwise.  She will never print the exact question she asked him, for obvious reasons.

This "journalist" will go down in history alongside Nancy Grace, Geraldo Rivera, Dan Rather, and Jayson Blair.

The next time we see her, she'll be a regular on Fox News.

[chessnut]

why is everyone screaming 'fake'?
is this not the Satoshi Nakamoto you would expect?
he has worked for the military and he is a genius.....
he is humble....
he said 'he is not involved in bitcoin'. which is consistent with the real Satoshi.

makes perfect sense to me. very plausible.

Why? Just because yet we have zero proof !
Looking for an homonym whose the profile could match more or less with what we know about the real Satoshi (not so much) is far from a real investigation...

zero proof does not entail that he is not Satoshi Nakamoto!

he is Satoshi Nakamoto by name, fact, he is also a brilliant mathematician, and he has worked for the military in under cover opertions. maybe there is no hard proof there, but those crying fake seem only convinced that it's not him. seems foolish to me.

[Ibian]

I couldnt imagine myself putting out such a story if I wasn't 100% convinced he was the man. If I was proven wrong or to be lying, there would be nothing but ridicule and embarrassment.....but then that is me.

Are you an aging chick with a dumb look on her face? Just look at her. I don't think she even came up with this on her own, more likely someone set her up to take the fall, all for the sake of stirring the pot.

[bassclef]

Satoshi responded in such a way and in such a place that it was clear he wanted to send a simple message and nothing else. He won't be rejoining these forums any time soon, nor will he be touching his coins.

Nothing has changed except we now know that he is alive and watching. I'm also glad to know the man who brought us Bitcoin has a heart, and is selfless enough to risk his anonymity to protect an innocent man and his family.

In light of recent events, let Satoshi's action today be inspiration to those among us who would let greed and selfishness blind them for personal gain.

[raid_n]

Satoshi responded in such a way and in such a place that it was clear he wanted to send a simple message and nothing else. He won't be rejoining these forums any time soon, nor will he be touching his coins.

Nothing has changed except we now know that he is alive and watching. I'm also glad to know the man who brought us Bitcoin has a heart, and is selfless enough to risk his anonymity to protect an innocent man and his family.

In light of recent events, let Satoshi's action today be inspiration to those among us who would let greed and selfishness blind them for personal gain.

I agree

Dorian Nakamoto was too perfect a picture of what one would expect Satoshi to be like.
I just hope he'll be left alone after Satoshi has now spoken up

[koryu]

there is no evidence in this article. they just write a wall of text and in the end all they have is, that this guy shares the same name.

nevertheless, more people will read about bitcoin, so thats good.

had to quote myself

so what happens next when china realize that this story is fake, they gonna buy the 15k btc back they have dumped due to the news?

[seanneko]

The journalist just wants to score with her article. Do you know in what kind of god awful state so called professional journalism is nowadays? Look at all the bullshit they come up with around Syria, Ukraine, the economy and also Bitcoin. And then you are so easily able to accept this story as the truth? Isn't this more like wishful thinking or confirmation bias at work?

Journalism has always been a joke, it's just that we have better communication now (eg. Internet) which results in people being more educated about current events.

Go back even just two decades and the only source of news was the morning newspaper. For us Australians, Rupert Murdoch pretty much controlled our opinions of everything. That's still true to a degree today - but not as bad as it used to be.

We really need stricter laws on how powerful the media is allowed to be. It's just hard to achieve it in a way that doesn't put the Government in power, like in China. Perhaps one company can only control a certain percentage of the newspapers. I don't know.

Murdoch determined the outcome of our last federal election. They would publish Photoshopped photos of the opposition leader wearing a Nazi uniform, and apparently that breaks no laws.

[lumierre]

Yesterday, BTT experienced the highest one-day registrations. The news about the alleged Satoshi probably sparked people's curiosity about Bitcoin. Some curious souls have just arrived.

[Cassius]

Yesterday, BTT experienced the highest one-day registrations. The news about the alleged Satoshi probably sparked people's curiosity about Bitcoin. Some curious souls have just arrived.

Can't be a bad thing.
Doesn't look like the story came to anything, though the real Satoshi apparently surfacing is what's really intriguing here.
And despite the maxim, the fake Satoshi does seem to have got a free lunch out of it.