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he could have been paid an enormous sum of money
by webkike 10y ago
he could have been paid an enormous sum of money
- showoraskme 10y agoExactly this. Plenty of motivation.
- IkmoIkmo 10y agoThat's silly, there was no play here. Nobody will believe Wright solely on Gavin's word in anything but the extreme short term, which has already passed (without a play, like Wright announcing he is Satoshi, owns half a billion in bitcoin and will sell it, thereby manipulating the price). What did Wright and Gavin gain from this? Yet Gavin lost a lot of credibility. In short, I don't this this is likely.
- webkike 10y agoI don't think Wright gained anything. Gavin, however, gained an enormous sum of money. If Wright paid him.
- danielweber 10y agoAssume incompetence (or normal human gullibility) over malice.
- webkike 10y agoI do assume. But my point is I think most people would probably sacrifice their credibility for a lump sum, especially if they knew the person wasn't going to be able to convince the public.
- saint_fiasco 10y agoBut why would Wright pay Gavin? What did he expect to gain?
- PeterisP 10y agoThe article goes a bit into detail - Wright is on the hook for a few million dollars of tax issues, and seems to urgently need a plausible (to a judge) legal source of extremely large amounts of bitcoin or face persecution (possibly criminal) for tax fraud.
- disposeofnick9 10y agoRegardless of is/not, Wright says he did it to never do it again.