What's so “convincing” about Craig Wright?

[dothebeats]

He has a way with words, and the way he's trying to spin out some information that favors him is really something else. That's what crooked people do, and that's what they do best. They try to hide their wickedness by convincing  other people to protect them. Or, he's paying these people to support whatever nonsense he's spewing on the internet, but that would be far-fetched considering that there are still tons of them everywhere.

It may just be another case of fanaticism knowing how gullible people can be. It's quite sad, really, but then again perhaps they have vested interest in CSW as holders of his coin.

[BlackHatCoiner]

Obviously I can't speak for the BSV peeps, but the way I see it: they've been so financially and emotionally invested in Craig Wright and BSV that they're pretty much in denial.

Yeah, but it's never too late to educate yourself and invest into bitcoin; history has shown for the latter. Why would you want to continue supporting something you're in denial of if you're not convinced from the arguments?

That's one of the major disadvantages of decentralization.

That their thread isn't deleted? No, it's due to the lenient rules of bitcointalk.

This is what most Bitcoin enthusiasts don't understand from my thinking I believe it is the work of some altcoin project owner (people like Ver who said "he can believe people think BTC is the real Bitcoin") who sees Bitcoin as hindrances to their project bloom.

Okay... But, it doesn't answer on what you've quoted.

[Darker45]

Just as there are people who put up altars and pray for Pablo Escobar, there are also people who truly believe Craig Wright is the real Satoshi Nakamoto. In other words, there are people who are extremely misled. Indeed, there's more than a handful of them. Calvin Ayre of CoinGeek is one of them.

What's amusing is that just as we are confused why these people believe in Craig Wright as the real Satoshi, they are also confused why we can't see the obvious thing that Craig is Satoshi. It's a funny thing.

You're right and Craig Wright is a decent guy who has a lot of money and connections. that's why some people believe in what he is blabbering about him being the real Satoshi. Unfortunately, these people will not go anywhere and as days pass, they will realize that they are on the wrong side where they only get false promises from him which will never gonna happen anyway. The only people left there will be those fools who still think they are now one step closer to changing the fortune of their life.

I wouldn't call Craig Wright a decent guy. Anybody who is a notorious liar, a con, a bully, a joke, and so forth is not a decent person. Craig Wright is this man. Sure he has a lot of money. That's probably the reason why he has the luxury to sue anybody who gets in the way of his Satoshi claim. He must have some connections as well. But all this will never be enough for him to succeed in his claim. He simply doesn't have the proof.

[mk4]

Yeah, but it's never too late to educate yourself and invest into bitcoin; history has shown for the latter. Why would you want to continue supporting something you're in denial of if you're not convinced from the arguments?

If a certain person is overly invested in something, mental bias can affect the way you think in very very weird ways. It's no different from people who can defend celebrities and/or influencers to extreme extents. You even see this on some Bitcoiners as well, whereas literally every single thing is "good for Bitcoin", and anything negative is "FUD". Basically just very weird psychological behavior.

[aoluain]

Obviously I can't speak for the BSV peeps, but the way I see it: they've been so financially and emotionally invested in Craig Wright and BSV that they're pretty much in denial. I assume they've lost so much money(in BTC terms) if it's the case that they've converted their BTC to BSV, that it would be immensely painful for them to admit defeat, and accept the tremendous loss.

...while at the same time hanging on in the hopes that their Satoshi will be
proven (wright) in court.

The loyal supporters definitely see injustices to Wrights claim all the time and
100% support his claims in order to validate their blind following and
get back their investment.

It must be mightily stressful watching your BSV investment slowly melt
away as CSW's claim slowly melts away. There are those who are certainly heavily
invested who just cannot walk away.
I wonder how many secretly realise now that it was all a hoax?

[Kakmakr]

I want to be controversial here for a moment and compare this with the Vax and Anti-Vax fiasco that are going on at this moment. People had to make a decision and they are too stubborn to admit that they were wrong. The Craig Wright (BSV) supporters dumped a lot of money into the Craig Wright (BSV) movement and they want to prove that they were right to make that decision... so they will never admit that they were wrong.

Craig Wright is a very good snake oil salesman, so I do not blame these people for falling for his lies. They say, "In the land of the blind, one eye is King." 

[hatshepsut93]

As for CSW, I think a lot of people are missing the point that people want someone to follow. They need a leader.

Sure, he filled the role of a leader when there was a demand for it, but he does not strike me as a talented and charismatic leader that won his followers with his words. He's not a good orator, he is not making good blog posts, he's not making inspiring speeches. If not for the blocksize debate, he would have been immediately forgotten.

[kryptqnick]

I rarely see people expressing their support of Craig on Bitcointalk, but it doesn't mean that there are no people who think that he is Satoshi here. I have a friend who's a forum user, and believes that Craig is Satoshi (but doesn't really talk about it on Bitcointalk). I think there's nothing convincing regarding Craig, but my friend thinks that Craig is indeed Satoshi but doesn't want to provide definitive proofs because of not wanting to give tons of the money away and face legal action. He also thinks that since Craig worked in IT and is considered a computer scientist, he's clearly very smart and capable of creating Bitcoin, and that it's Craig's terrible personality that makes people believe that he can't be Satoshi. What can I say, if you're willing to find 'evidence', you'll find it in the smallest things without considering any alternative explanations.

[mk4]

...while at the same time hanging on in the hopes that their Satoshi will be
proven (wright) in court.

The loyal supporters definitely see injustices to Wrights claim all the time and
100% support his claims in order to validate their blind following and
get back their investment.

It must be mightily stressful watching your BSV investment slowly melt
away as CSW's claim slowly melts away. There are those who are certainly heavily
invested who just cannot walk away.
I wonder how many secretly realise now that it was all a hoax?

I've already seen that some have, but most are still handing in tight despite the obvious flaws and red flags in the "CSW is Satoshi" thingy.

P.S. fun fact: a small minority of BSVers think that CSW isn't Satoshi. Apparently they really just like gigantic blocks.