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Gavin's made a statement now: == Craig signed a message that I chose ("Gavin's favorite number is eleven. CSW" if I recall correctly) using the private key fr
by cjbprime 11y ago
Gavin's made a statement now:
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Craig signed a message that I chose ("Gavin's favorite number is eleven. CSW" if I recall correctly) using the private key from block number 1.
That signature was copied on to a clean usb stick I brought with me to London, and then validated on a brand-new laptop with a freshly downloaded copy of electrum.
I was not allowed to keep the message or laptop (fear it would leak before Official Announcement).
I don't have an explanation for the funky OpenSSL procedure in his blog post.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/4hfyyo/gavin_can_you_please_detail_all_parts_of_the/d2plygg https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/4hfyyo/gavin_can_you_p...
- Lxr 11y agoWho provided the laptop? "Fear it would leak before the Official Announcement" is a pretty weak argument. Why not produce a signed message now?
- seren 11y agoMaybe I am missing something but why the signed message could not have been sent by mail ? The use of the "brand new laptop" and the fact it was quickly removed really sounds like a con man trick. It sounds like an Orbo demonstration.
- cjbprime 11y agoYou're missing the "fear it would leak before Official Announcement" part. But there should now be no reason this signed message can't be published.
- petertodd 11y agoNote that the genesis block is block _#0_, not block #1 When Bitcoin was publicly released, only the genesis block existed, so every block after that point could have been mined by anyone. Craig has already claimed he was an active miner in the early days, and there's a 5 day gap between the timestamps of block #0 and block #1.
- isp 11y agoMy theory: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11612261 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11612261 (I believe Gavin is telling the truth, but was duped by sleight-of-hand.)