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And if she is wrong? Maybe he doesn't have access to his million dollar fortune. Maybe he lost the keys. Maybe someone else used his name and he is the Satoshi

And if she is wrong? Maybe he doesn't have access to his million dollar fortune. Maybe he lost the keys. Maybe someone else used his name and he is the Satoshi but not the creator. He is certainly not living as someone with hundreds of millions in the bank. In what way did he lose any right to be protected from public scrutiny (assuming anyone does have that right - I'm not sure they do)?

JabavuAdams 13y ago
By making something that's used by vast numbers of people to channel huge amounts of money. Journalists need to be able to go after stories like this because otherwise our society will be much worse. They have editors. They have review boards. We're not talking about 4chan or reddit lynch mobs here.
- polymatter 13y ago
  And if she is wrong? Maybe he is the wrong guy. How is he going to prove he didn't invent Bitcoin? Especially if he has done classified work. He clearly doesn't want attention. He couldn't have made that more clear. And he still has a right to a private life. I don't agree with your suggestion that creators don't have rights. I am not suggesting to stop journalists investigating who people are. But this is clearly someone who does not want attention. This could easily turn into a 4chan or reddit lynch mob. You only need a few Mtgox victims who want to enact revenge. Or criminals hoping of forcing him to pay hundreds of millions in blackmail. To a possibly innocent person. To be clear, this story could have been done without printing his whole address, car number plate, unblurred pictures of himself and his family etc.
  - anigbrowl 13y ago
    Then he can sue and expect a substantial payout.
res0nat0r 13y ago
> He is certainly not living as someone with hundreds of millions in the bank. Thats because he doesn't have hundreds of millions in the bank. He has it in a random internet conceived currency. I'd seriously like to see him (or anyone for that matter) try and realize $1MM in Bitcoin in actual USD. Good luck with getting your 1000 payouts of $1000 at a time spread over the course of 2 weeks per payout.
- zecho 13y ago
  "The whole reason geeks get excited about Bitcoin is that it is the most efficient way to do financial transactions."

JabavuAdams 13y ago

By making something that's used by vast numbers of people to channel huge amounts of money. Journalists need to be able to go after stories like this because otherwise our society will be much worse. They have editors. They have review boards. We're not talking about 4chan or reddit lynch mobs here.

polymatter 13y ago
And if she is wrong? Maybe he is the wrong guy. How is he going to prove he didn't invent Bitcoin? Especially if he has done classified work. He clearly doesn't want attention. He couldn't have made that more clear. And he still has a right to a private life. I don't agree with your suggestion that creators don't have rights. I am not suggesting to stop journalists investigating who people are. But this is clearly someone who does not want attention. This could easily turn into a 4chan or reddit lynch mob. You only need a few Mtgox victims who want to enact revenge. Or criminals hoping of forcing him to pay hundreds of millions in blackmail. To a possibly innocent person. To be clear, this story could have been done without printing his whole address, car number plate, unblurred pictures of himself and his family etc.
- anigbrowl 13y ago
  Then he can sue and expect a substantial payout.

res0nat0r 13y ago

> He is certainly not living as someone with hundreds of millions in the bank. Thats because he doesn't have hundreds of millions in the bank. He has it in a random internet conceived currency. I'd seriously like to see him (or anyone for that matter) try and realize $1MM in Bitcoin in actual USD. Good luck with getting your 1000 payouts of $1000 at a time spread over the course of 2 weeks per payout.

zecho 13y ago
"The whole reason geeks get excited about Bitcoin is that it is the most efficient way to do financial transactions."