As Anger Dies Down, Leah McGrath Goodman Continues to Defend Her Story
If there's one thing the bitcoin community can credit Leah McGrath Goodman with, it's that she stands behind what she does. Goodman, of course, is the author of the supremely controversial piece that aimed to expose the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, bitcoin's anonymous creator. Her story took her to Southern California, where her piece exposed the name and address of a man who has fervently denied being who she says he is. As one would expect, just hours following the publication of the story, Goodman appeared on video (with a number of news outlets) to defend and speak about her....
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Leah McGrath Goodman has no respect for the Bitcoin community. Leah McGrath Goodman, The Newsweek reporter now infamous amongst the Bitcoin community for claiming to have discovered the creator of Bitcoin, is still staunchly defending her article. Dorian Nakamoto, whom Goodman believes is Satoshi Nakamoto, publicly stated that Newsweek misrepresented him, and that he "never was involved" in Bitcoin. Furthermore, the real Satoshi denied being Dorian Nakamoto on the P2P Foundation forum. Despite so much evidence disproving her, Goodman still seems to believe that she found Bitcoin's creator,....
It's no doubt that Newsweek's story which potentially uncovered the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto (creator of bitcoin) has infuriated many in the community. From concerns about the man's privacy, to even his security and well-being, the community is abuzz with harsh criticisms of Leah McGrath Goodman, author of the piece, entitled 'The Face Behind Bitcoin'. Goodman appeared on CNBC today to discuss her investigative reporting, and it's worth a watch if you have a couple of minutes to spare. In the interview, she discusses how she got bits of information here and there, and put them together....
Leah Goodman. TechCrunch and Newsweek. TechCrunch's East Coast Editor, John Biggs, recently published an editorial in response to a story which ran on CryptoCoinsNews, “Leah McGrath Goodman Insults Bitcoin Community, Still Defends Her Article.” The original story by our popular writer and Bitcoin enthusiast, Neil Sardesai, dealt with the reporter who turned the reclusive Dorian Nakomoto’s life into a worldwide media frenzy. The crux of the story was that Leah Goodman, the reporter in question, took a blatantly antagonistic tone in defence of her factually-dubious article. As Neil....
The man pegged by Newsweek as bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto is poised to take legal action for what he claims to have been a false story that took the cryptocurrency community by storm back in March. Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto's name became public - very public - in a highly sensationalized exposé entitled The Face Behind Bitcoin written by journalist Leah McGrath Goodman, employed by Newsweek. Goodman's story painted a very interesting picture of this reserved retired gentleman living in Los Angeles county, except for the fact that Mr. Nakamoto denied the story outright almost....
In what could probably be called the greatest he-said-she-said story of all time in the bitcoinosphere, the police officers mentioned in Leah McGrath Goodman's piece about Satoshi Nakamoto has reportedly confirmed the validity of the quote that was used as the cornerstone of the story. "I am no longer involved in that and I cannot discuss it," Nakamoto alleged said. "It's been turned over to other people. They are in charge of it now. I no longer have any connection." The news comes from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, who sent the officers when Nakamoto contacted them....