Last night, the Bitcoin world was abuzz with chatter that the real creator of Bitcoin had emerged for the first time in five years to discredit Newsweek’s “unmasking” story.
I was skeptical of the Newsweek story right off the bat, which read like a page-view baiting tabloid, rather than serious investigative journalism. Despite the fact that most people were just assuming the story was true, I immediately wrote the following piece outlining why I wasn’t so sure: Newsweek Claims to Have Identified the Creator of Bitcoin – Satoshi Nakamoto.
Well, the twists and turns to this saga have only gotten stranger. Not only has Dorian Nakamoto denied having any part of Bitcoin, now apparently the real creator has posted the following at the end of his original post launching Bitcoin in 2009:
It appears the real “Satoshi” has emerged to save an old man from a ravenous press.
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In Liberty,
Michael Krieger
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