Andreas Antonopolous raising funds for Dorian Nakamoto

[CryptoKilla]

Nice job!

[2tights]

The only winner in this situation is who will end with the collected funds, which is certainly not the people donating neither the REAL Dorian S. Nakamoto.

HOW DO YOU KNOW??

It's being organised by someone most people in the bitcoin community know, so there is no reason to think it will not happen as promised.

You are just being an total ass making this statement  

The only way to deal with trolls is to ignore them.

On that note, I was glad to toss a few crumbs in on this. Worst case scenario a few dollars are lost, best case an undeserving media pinata gets a bailout. I think it's a fantastic idea, and what great press for the community!!

[runam0k]

Great move by Andreas A. It might even get him a private chat with the great man himself.

I donated. If he's not Satoshi, the guy deserves a few $. If he is Satoshi, the coins will go to a good cause (I'm assuming the real Satoshi won't accept the coins ).

[subSTRATA]

People are so naive...

I know, right? Believing everything they hear without seeing any real evidence to support it. It's crazy!

Right?  People believe in a big bang and that we evolved from fish without seeing any real evidence too!  Crazy!

What you mean with "no evidence we evolved from fish"? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagon

Small donation sent, to use phrase received via email some time ago "little cent sent via btc now ok" (Chinese people, I guess)  

[~Coinseeker~]

Donating to the uber rich?    Not much different than corporate welfare.  Shameless pandering at it's finest by Andreas M. Antonopoulos.

[zetaray]

I think Dorian deserves some coins, but I don't have much coins to donate.

[CryptoKilla]

WTG Andreas!!

[2tights]

I think Dorian deserves some coins, but I don't have much coins to donate.

Glass half empty, eh? Young padawan evolve, you must.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

One would have thought security expert like Antonopolous would have signed the OP with a PGP key or something for a project such as this.  Oh well, go figure...

I don't know of the OP is Andreas, but at least check the entire post.

EDIT: Find the donation address and the terms, signed by my PGP key, at the pastebin below
http://pastebin.com/4MHvpaeN

Nope, I'm not Andreas, but I did backtrack the info before I posted this and Andreas is tweeting about it also, as others have noted.

https://twitter.com/aantonop

Now, I have a serious fucking problem!

I just learnt that you're NOT Andreas, but made the mistake, as many others probably have, that you were, giving the first line of your OP.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1ztjmg/andreas_im_fundraising_for_dorian_nakamoto/


Hi everyone, Andreas M. Antonopoulos here.
I'm fundraising for Dorian Nakamoto, the person named in the newsweak article.

<snip>

I safely assumed (at least thought so) that since quote tags weren't use, you were indeed Andreas. Hell, I even spend about an hour looking over my posts to see if I've accidently ever crossed you, believing then that you were Andreas, a Bitcoiner I admire.

I'm a little pissed off right now!

[corebob]

As I detest garbage journalism I find this fund raising quite clever. Nice move  

[augustocroppo]

All I see is this old guy who is reported to have had a stroke, looks after his 93 year old mother and wants to be left alone but is being hounded by the press. Is that not really the only facts we have?

What you see is a screen displaying doctored data with the primarily purpose to cause an expected reaction in your mind. You are not seeing the real character in your front, you are seeing the display of your computer where you read what you want to believe. You did not collected and scrutinized the data for yourself, you merely was told what happened.
 

If he is "bitcoin satoshi", which I personally doubt, he has not cashed out his coins and so is not some eccentric millionaire pretending to be poor.

If he is the Satoshi Nakamoto which developed the original Bitcoin software (and assuming he is also Dorian), then he could care less for his mother. I would certainly use that funds to help my mother. Would you not?

If he is not "bitcoin satoshi", which I personally feel is more likely (but make up your own mind), he does not seem undeserving of a little help.

Yeah, sure. However, what make you think he was not doing well before his privacy being completely busted? What make you think that ten of thousands of USD will provide him a better situation? Do you think everyone like to share with the whole world their grief? What make you think that money will buy his healthiness? Do you think more publicity from a bunch of deluded people is going to make him and his mother suffer less?

That's all. For now, at least give him the benefit of the doubt, rather than putting everyone off helping.

Who should have the benefit of the doubt?

f it's a total scam, no one is going to miss the $10 they donate. If it's not, the money is well spent.

It is not a scam, it is just a money grab scheme.

I just hope Andreas/people will consider getting the cash raised over to him quickly - not in 3 weeks time.

LoL

Pre-order of donations, brilliant!

That is a traditional way to do business around here!

Otherwise, it leaves him open to being cornered by some crappy news channel who offer him $10k for his story and he has no choice but to accept  

[BrewCrewFan]

To those crying about this, wonder idea here... gtfo then. No one is making you donate. Bitcoin needs anything positive right now it can get.

[The Avenger]

All I see is this old guy who is reported to have had a stroke, looks after his 93 year old mother and wants to be left alone but is being hounded by the press. Is that not really the only facts we have?

What you see is a screen displaying doctored data with the primarily purpose to cause an expected reaction in your mind. You are not seeing the real character in your front, you are seeing the display of your computer where you read what you want to believe. You did not collected and scrutinized the data for yourself, you merely was reported what happened.

That's an insult asshole. I saw an old man looking confused and upset, not "displaying doctored data". You are talking complete shit, who do you think you are fooling with this? Your grasp on reality appears to be very thin, stop trolling this thread and look in the mirror. Look deep. Scrutinise yourself for the logic that donations going to you (i.e. your personal "money grab scheme") and your family are totally legit, but to anyone else - it's some false, horrid matrix style illusion of deception. Wake up and stop deluding yourself. And stop trying to delude and get in the way of other people making a free choice to do what they believe is some good in this world.

To those crying about this, wonder idea here... gtfo then. No one is making you donate. Bitcoin needs anything positive right now it can get.

+100 (to the first two sentences)

[augustocroppo]

To those crying about this, wonder idea here... gtfo then. No one is making you donate. Bitcoin needs anything positive right now it can get.

Yeah, I know, I know. It is all about Bitcoin and not really about to provide what someone really needs. You are not telling me anything new. I am sure there is plenty of people already expecting this media hype will increase the BTC price to inflate their stash and satisfy their greed.

[Peter R]

...

You lovely attitude is putting me in a generous mood.  I think I'll keep donating:

https://blockchain.info/tx/f8d3247cca5f655ea63866396f8b965d38bd051a63480d5f25e0fad64fcbb4b9

[augustocroppo]

That's an insult asshole. I saw an old man looking confused and upset, not "displaying doctored data". You are talking complete shit, who do you think you are fooling with this? Your grasp on reality appears to be very thin, stop trolling this thread and look in the mirror. Look deep. Scrutinise yourself for the logic that donations going to you (i.e. your personal "money grab scheme") and your family are totally legit, but to anyone else - it's some false, horrid matrix style illusion of deception. Wake up and stop deluding yourself. And stop trying to delude and get in the way of other people making a free choice to do what they believe is some good in this world.

Yawn...

 

Look like you got emotional, d00d. This shows how easy you can be manipulated by mere words. You are wasting your time trying to lecture me about things I am well versed.

[Peter R]

Yawn...

If you keep this up, I'll do it again:

https://blockchain.info/tx/c3be3587f93d31d0897c11462e9e69e5e627d54e9cdeb93580522c46fe577302

[jojo69]

Ahhh, the sweet silence of the ignore button

[augustocroppo]

...

You lovely attitude is putting me in a generous mood.  I think I'll keep donating:

https://blockchain.info/tx/f8d3247cca5f655ea63866396f8b965d38bd051a63480d5f25e0fad64fcbb4b9

Just that... Why no more? Come on, d00d! Show us you have the power. Send more, much more. What are you waiting for?

Here is a new challenge: 1,000,000 USD in donations to generate a super hype and create a huge influx of Bitcoin adopters!

Go go go!

To the moon!

[slaveforanunnak1]

just gave him 5 bones!