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Check out Economist's write up. Lots of detail. Not just the 5 minute video. http://www.economist.com/news/briefings/21698061-craig-steven-wright-claims-be-sat

Check out Economist's write up. Lots of detail. Not just the 5 minute video. http://www.economist.com/news/briefings/21698061-craig-steven-wright-claims-be-satoshi-nakamoto-bitcoin http://www.economist.com/news/briefings/21698061-craig-steve... HN sub: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11609708 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11609708

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maaku 10y ago
Lots of text. Where's the signature?
- firloop 10y ago
  Here: http://www.drcraigwright.net/jean-paul-sartre-signing-significance/ http://www.drcraigwright.net/jean-paul-sartre-signing-signif...
  - maaku 10y ago
    I read that. He doesn't give the message that is signed (just the digest and a screen shot of a small portion of the file). Without the actual data, this can't be verified.
- mappum 10y ago
  IFdyaWdodCwgaXQgaXMgbm90IHRoZSBzYW1lIGFzIGlmIEkgc2lnbiBDcmFpZyBXcmlnaHQsIFNhdG9zaGkuCgo=
  - asdfaoeu 10y ago
    That's just a base64 encoded message.
  - maaku 10y ago
    > 'IFdyaWdodCwgaXQgaXMgbm90IHRoZSBzYW1lIGFzIGlmIEkgc2lnbiBDcmFpZyBXcmlnaHQsIFNhdG9zaGkuCgo='.decode('base64') > ' Wright, it is not the same as if I sign Craig Wright, Satoshi.\n\n'
asdfaoeu 10y ago
All that's needed is a single signature. Everything about this is absurd. It just seems he's clearly exploiting this to gain some fame to promote his company.