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"my wife and I think it's totally fine that I lost ten billion dollars" - said nobody's wife ever. I don't even a stake in bitcoin but this guy makes me angry
by dx7tnt 7y ago
"my wife and I think it's totally fine that I lost ten billion dollars" - said nobody's wife ever.
I don't even a stake in bitcoin but this guy makes me angry every time he comes up. Such an obvious fraudster, shamelessly taking credit for someone else's work and invention.
If I had to bet, I'd put my money on the real Satoshi being a state actor or group of programmers working in some baroque part of the banking industry. Hell, after reading cryptonomicon I'd even put my money on it being Neal Stephenson before I'd believe it was Craig Wright.
- Veen 7y agoIn the very early days of Bitcoin I mined ten or so and then lost the wallet when I, foolishly, wiped the PC it was on to sell. I'm still kicking myself about that. I can't imagine how much more foolish I'd feel if I'd lost $10 billion in a similar way.
- LyndsySimon 7y agoI had ~22 BTC stolen from my MtGox account in the very early days. I didn't have 2FA enabled - I don't think they even supported it yet - and my password was a combination of dictionary words. It wasn't entirely trivial at the time, but it was on the order of a couple hundred bucks. I chalked it up as a cheap lesson learned on the value of good passwords and moved on with life.
- ryanmercer 7y agoTraded 50 for WoW gold when it was effectively worthless. Sigh. Thought 'this is stupid, no one's ever going to use this for anything'.
- mrnobody_67 7y agoSee - http://cdixon.org/2010/01/03/the-next-big-thing-will-start-out-looking-like-a-toy/ http://cdixon.org/2010/01/03/the-next-big-thing-will-start-o...
- andirk 7y agoYou would have lost it at da club anyways. But plz dont become a BTC hater like so many who lost or didnt get involved!