Leah McGrath Goodman Insults Bitcoin Community, Still Defends Her Article
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,....
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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....
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....
Dorian Nakamoto has taken steps towards suing Newsweek for their false report about him earlier this year. For those unfamiliar with one of the largest media gaffs of 2014, Newsweek author Leah McGrath Goodman wrote an article allegedly unmasking Dorian Nakamoto as Satoshi Nakamoto (the pseudonym of Bitcoin's creator(s)). Newsweek stood by their "forensic reporting," which they admitted consisted of identifying the several dozen some-odd Japanese people with both the names 'Satoshi' and 'Nakamoto' and searching for computer/engineering skills. It is exactly as ridiculous as it sounds. The....
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....
This week on CCN, we learned that Newsweek journalist Leah McGrath Goodman thinks she found the real Satoshi Nakamoto, that the price of Bitcoin is finally going back up, that Mark Karpeles' lies are nothing new, and more. Here are the biggest stories this week (3 March - 9 March) in case you missed them in video and article form. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf4y0W5IVn0?rel=0&w=560&h=315]. Is This the Face Behind Bitcoin? (Probably Not). Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto - AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes. Newsweek surprised everyone with a startling announcement - they had discovered....