This appears to be a denial by the person in question: http://www.scss.tcd.ie/~clearm/bitcoin.html http://www.scss.tcd.ie/~clearm/bitcoin.html I did the same u

This appears to be a denial by the person in question: http://www.scss.tcd.ie/~clearm/bitcoin.html http://www.scss.tcd.ie/~clearm/bitcoin.html I did the same undergrad as the guy. I have to say, I'd be really impressed if he put together Bitcoin just as he was finishing college. I would have guessed it was designed by someone, or group, with many years experience developing crypto infrastructure. But who knows. The bit at the end of the article, about the wallets being encrypted, seems completely spurious to me, and no evidence that the reporter found the right guy (which the reporter seems to intend it to be).