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This is not an apology or admission of guilt for conning people with his ridiculous stories. This is an enigmatic exit, complete with him still tacitly claiming

This is not an apology or admission of guilt for conning people with his ridiculous stories. This is an enigmatic exit, complete with him still tacitly claiming to be Satoshi. Quite pathetic.

tzaman 10y ago
Yeah, agreed. I fail to see how creating a crypto signature requires courage.
- untothebreach 10y ago
  I believe that, what he wants us to take away from this, is that once he "proves" himself to be who he says he is, his life will change in ways similar, but worse, to the ways that it has since he claimed to be Satoshi. It is this change, he seems to be saying, that he is not courageous enough to face. Sounds like B.S. to me, but who tf am I to judge?
kbart 10y ago
"This is an enigmatic exit, complete with him still tacitly claiming to be Satoshi. Quite pathetic." Agreed. "I won't prove that I'm Satoshi anymore, but I am". It's getting more and more like religion -- we don't get to know for sure, we have to believe now.. And I'm sure a herd of idiots will do just that.
- ericzawo 10y ago
  Honestly, this is playing out like a Hollywood flick.
- eric001 10y ago
  We are supposed to care about privacy, yet people can't stop trying to find out who is the creator of bitcoins, even though this person clearly doesn't want that to be known. I think we are all naturally hypocritical beings or something.
  - throwanem 10y ago
    And who forced Wright to claim he was Satoshi?
  - 33W 10y ago
    Are people actively trying to find the creator of bitcoin? Personally I don't care enough to actively find out. If someone presented themselves, then I'll have a passing interest - a few articles, HN comments, etc., but I'm not going to change my day-to-day at all.
    - eric001 10y ago
      Good point.
danielweber 10y ago
> This is not an apology or admission of guilt The narcissists never do that. They make promises about what will happen in the future. When it (doesn't) happen in the future, they don't say that they let you down or that they were in error or even admit that they agreed to something ahead of time. In drawn-out cases there will be many deadlines, the narcissist never owning up to missing prior deadlines. When challenged, the narcissist will create an emotionally hostile situation to cause an immediate distraction, again promising something soon, and never return to the original claim.

This is not an apology or admission of guilt for conning people with his ridiculous stories. This is an enigmatic exit, complete with him still tacitly claiming to be Satoshi. Quite pathetic.

tzaman 10y ago

Yeah, agreed. I fail to see how creating a crypto signature requires courage.

untothebreach 10y ago
I believe that, what he wants us to take away from this, is that once he "proves" himself to be who he says he is, his life will change in ways similar, but worse, to the ways that it has since he claimed to be Satoshi. It is this change, he seems to be saying, that he is not courageous enough to face. Sounds like B.S. to me, but who tf am I to judge?

kbart 10y ago

"This is an enigmatic exit, complete with him still tacitly claiming to be Satoshi. Quite pathetic." Agreed. "I won't prove that I'm Satoshi anymore, but I am". It's getting more and more like religion -- we don't get to know for sure, we have to believe now.. And I'm sure a herd of idiots will do just that.

ericzawo 10y ago
Honestly, this is playing out like a Hollywood flick.
eric001 10y ago
We are supposed to care about privacy, yet people can't stop trying to find out who is the creator of bitcoins, even though this person clearly doesn't want that to be known. I think we are all naturally hypocritical beings or something.
- throwanem 10y ago
  And who forced Wright to claim he was Satoshi?
- 33W 10y ago
  Are people actively trying to find the creator of bitcoin? Personally I don't care enough to actively find out. If someone presented themselves, then I'll have a passing interest - a few articles, HN comments, etc., but I'm not going to change my day-to-day at all.
  - eric001 10y ago
    Good point.

danielweber 10y ago

> This is not an apology or admission of guilt The narcissists never do that. They make promises about what will happen in the future. When it (doesn't) happen in the future, they don't say that they let you down or that they were in error or even admit that they agreed to something ahead of time. In drawn-out cases there will be many deadlines, the narcissist never owning up to missing prior deadlines. When challenged, the narcissist will create an emotionally hostile situation to cause an immediate distraction, again promising something soon, and never return to the original claim.