Kudos to Andreas Antonopoulos for taking the lead on this. As time passes, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Dorian Nakamoto is not the creator of Bitcoin, but rather a reclusive old man who just had his life turned upside down by a frenzied press.
As the generous folks in the Bitcoin community like to do, we are coming together to help this man through this difficult time. It’s time to turn a sad story into something good.
You can donate at the following address: 1Dorian4RoXcnBv9hnQ4Y2C1an6NJ4UrjX
I will be donating later today. Let’s make THIS the story.
The address already has over 11 BTC, or over $7,000. You can track the progress here (just click on the image below):
Read the statement from Andreas here.
Just in case you still have any doubts, check out these two writing samples side by side. One is by Dorian, on by the real “Satoshi.”
Now here is video of Dorian flat our denying the Newsweek story:
Donate bitcoins: 35DBUbbAQHTqbDaAc5mAaN6BqwA2AxuE7G
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I now have more than twenty friends who have donated a kidney to a stranger, and this chain reaction has attracted a lot of media interest. Articles and documentaries have been produced by both the print media and the electronic media in Australia, England, and America, on what we have done, and, apart from a few positive reports in local newspapers, they have all been surprisingly negative.