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Is this Craig Wright (FakeToshi) a real Computer Scientist? After reading the PDF I get the impression that he (or the lawyers) have zero clue about blockchain.

Is this Craig Wright (FakeToshi) a real Computer Scientist? After reading the PDF I get the impression that he (or the lawyers) have zero clue about blockchain. Or this is just an attempt to troll (Tulip Trading Ltd)? What am I missing?

smcl 6y ago
He definitely has some level of IT knowledge but I have a feeling he's just a confidence trickster who's been making his way through life telling an escalating series of lies until he finally bit off more than he could chew by claiming he was Satoshi and by defrauding the Kleiman estate. The reason I say this is because around that time courts became involved (in Australia and Florida) and you could see the lies unfold in real time and you could see him scrambling to recover ... by weaving more lies into his tale. There is no way any of this ends well for Craig Wright.
- christiansakai 6y ago
  Any article?
  - smcl 6y ago
    Even better, this episode sums the entire thing up well: https://m.soundcloud.com/alabpodcast/episode-3-faketoshi-the-perfect-client https://m.soundcloud.com/alabpodcast/episode-3-faketoshi-the...
    - christiansakai 6y ago
      Thanks
      - smcl 6y ago
        You're welcome, I'm always happy to share ALAB :-) The whole thing is pretty wild but one of my lasting memories of that episode is Craig losing his temper in a deposition because someone showed him a printout of an email he sent and he was claiming "that's not an email, it's a piece of paper". Incredible. Also (unrelated to Craig Wright and Bitcoin) if you liked the style of that podcast they also did a two-parter on Alan Dershowitz called "The Bully"
        christiansakai 6y ago
        Oh wow that is wild lol.
dagw 6y ago
Is this Craig Wright (FakeToshi) a real Computer Scientist? He does (as of a couple of years ago) have a PhD from the Computing and Mathematics department of a real University if that's what you mean.
- christiansakai 6y ago
  Seems his degree is legit, so I don't know what am I missing here. It's not like the Bitcoin devs can do anything.
- Nursie 6y ago
  Is that the one that came under scrutiny a while back because large portions of it appeared to be plagiarised? Or was that another one, because he seemed to like collecting doctorates...

smcl 6y ago

He definitely has some level of IT knowledge but I have a feeling he's just a confidence trickster who's been making his way through life telling an escalating series of lies until he finally bit off more than he could chew by claiming he was Satoshi and by defrauding the Kleiman estate. The reason I say this is because around that time courts became involved (in Australia and Florida) and you could see the lies unfold in real time and you could see him scrambling to recover ... by weaving more lies into his tale. There is no way any of this ends well for Craig Wright.

christiansakai 6y ago
Any article?
- smcl 6y ago
  Even better, this episode sums the entire thing up well: https://m.soundcloud.com/alabpodcast/episode-3-faketoshi-the-perfect-client https://m.soundcloud.com/alabpodcast/episode-3-faketoshi-the...
  - christiansakai 6y ago
    Thanks
    - smcl 6y ago
      You're welcome, I'm always happy to share ALAB :-) The whole thing is pretty wild but one of my lasting memories of that episode is Craig losing his temper in a deposition because someone showed him a printout of an email he sent and he was claiming "that's not an email, it's a piece of paper". Incredible. Also (unrelated to Craig Wright and Bitcoin) if you liked the style of that podcast they also did a two-parter on Alan Dershowitz called "The Bully"
      - christiansakai 6y ago
        Oh wow that is wild lol.

dagw 6y ago

Is this Craig Wright (FakeToshi) a real Computer Scientist? He does (as of a couple of years ago) have a PhD from the Computing and Mathematics department of a real University if that's what you mean.

christiansakai 6y ago
Seems his degree is legit, so I don't know what am I missing here. It's not like the Bitcoin devs can do anything.
Nursie 6y ago
Is that the one that came under scrutiny a while back because large portions of it appeared to be plagiarised? Or was that another one, because he seemed to like collecting doctorates...