>There's no way an out of work computer engineer could not have heard of bitcoin until so recently unless he was living in a cave. The hype of bitcoin was quite

>There's no way an out of work computer engineer could not have heard of bitcoin until so recently unless he was living in a cave. The hype of bitcoin was quite large and pretty much anyone computer literate would have heard of it, especially a guy who's name is Satoshi Nakamoto. Oh come on, that is just silly. I am positive there is computer literate people who haven't heard of bitcoin. Not everyone checks Hacker News, or news at all. I know I never watch/check the regular news, its extremely possible he never heard of it. >Dorian was first informed of bitcoin through email, which means he likely could not have confused that word with anything else. And not everyone has a good memory. The author could have asked him about bitcoin without explaining to him what it was which is why he didn't answer her questions, then he forgot what she was asking about, since it wasn't notable. Nobody is going to remember everything. >Finally, his claim of the "accusation" hurting his job prospects are quite silly, since he's been out of work for more than a decade. He has also had health problems in that decade which could have prevented him from seeking employment. >Plus, it's pretty rare to be this vehement in your denials unless there actually is some truth to the accusation Oh come on. He wants to be left alone! Of course he is going to be vehement in his denials so people will leave him the hell alone. >Finally, his claim of the "accusation" hurting his job prospects are quite silly. He is an immigrant. He might have a different cultural view than you over what hurts a job prospect. For example, I once visited a country where cheating in school was rampant. It was not only the norm, but completely socially acceptable, and it was though by the teachers that every student would cheat given the chance. Someone from that culture may not believe getting caught cheating would hurt their job prospects, for example. Stop looking at everything from your point of view. Furthermore, what's with the scare quotes in accusation? Even if the accusation is true, he was still publicly accused of being the bitcoin founder. It is irrelevant if the accusation is true or false, it is still an accusation.