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This is hardly stated "tacitly": "I am no longer involved in that and I cannot discuss it," he says, dismissing all further queries with a swat of his left h

by jcomis 13y ago

This is hardly stated "tacitly": "I am no longer involved in that and I cannot discuss it," he says, dismissing all further queries with a swat of his left hand. "It's been turned over to other people. They are in charge of it now. I no longer have any connection."

blhack 13y ago
Your comment is very difficult to read. >this is hardly state "tacitly": >>"I am no longer involved in that and I cannot discuss it," he says, dismissing all further queries with a swat of his left hand. "It's been turned over to other people. They are in charge of it now. I no longer have any connection." >>-Dorian S. Nakamoto
quanticle 13y ago
"In that," he says. Not "in Bitcoin". Not even "in cryptocurrency." As Dorian claims in his letter, he thought Leah was asking about his classified work for the federal government, and he was merely saying that his years of doing classified work were behind him. Are we somehow to believe that someone who can't even get the name of the currency right (he called it "Bitcom" repeatedly), is the inventor? Nothing in Leah McGrath's articles or the follow up interviews with the AP or in this letter suggests to me that Dorian Nakamoto is anything more than who he says he is: just an old engineer looking for work. The Newsweek article, in my view, is a disgusting piece of yellow journalism produced by a hack journalist who was doing whatever it took to get a flashy cover story for Newsweek's inaugural issue. In that, it succeeded. But in establishing Newsweek's journalistic bona-fides or establishing Leah McGrath as a decent human being, it failed utterly.
- jcomis 13y ago
  I agree with you completely. I was attempting to point out that author of the article wasn't exactly beating around the bush and basically said Dorian admitted to being involved.
ghshephard 13y ago
Reporter: Tell me, are you the inventor of Bitcoin? Dorian: I don't want any trouble, please leave me alone. Reporter: As an engineer working for defense projects, you clearly had the skill to build this type of technology. Dorian: I am no longer involved in that and I cannot discuss it,... All the reporter had to do was click "voice memo" on her iPhone, and there would have no doubt as to what had actually transpired...

by jcomis 13y ago

blhack 13y ago

Your comment is very difficult to read. >this is hardly state "tacitly": >>"I am no longer involved in that and I cannot discuss it," he says, dismissing all further queries with a swat of his left hand. "It's been turned over to other people. They are in charge of it now. I no longer have any connection." >>-Dorian S. Nakamoto

quanticle 13y ago

"In that," he says. Not "in Bitcoin". Not even "in cryptocurrency." As Dorian claims in his letter, he thought Leah was asking about his classified work for the federal government, and he was merely saying that his years of doing classified work were behind him. Are we somehow to believe that someone who can't even get the name of the currency right (he called it "Bitcom" repeatedly), is the inventor? Nothing in Leah McGrath's articles or the follow up interviews with the AP or in this letter suggests to me that Dorian Nakamoto is anything more than who he says he is: just an old engineer looking for work. The Newsweek article, in my view, is a disgusting piece of yellow journalism produced by a hack journalist who was doing whatever it took to get a flashy cover story for Newsweek's inaugural issue. In that, it succeeded. But in establishing Newsweek's journalistic bona-fides or establishing Leah McGrath as a decent human being, it failed utterly.

jcomis 13y ago
I agree with you completely. I was attempting to point out that author of the article wasn't exactly beating around the bush and basically said Dorian admitted to being involved.

ghshephard 13y ago

Reporter: Tell me, are you the inventor of Bitcoin? Dorian: I don't want any trouble, please leave me alone. Reporter: As an engineer working for defense projects, you clearly had the skill to build this type of technology. Dorian: I am no longer involved in that and I cannot discuss it,... All the reporter had to do was click "voice memo" on her iPhone, and there would have no doubt as to what had actually transpired...