Newsweek Journalist Allegedly Identifies Satoshi Nakamoto
Leah McGrath Goodman of Newsweek has published a piece on bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, or more like her quest to find out the man's real identity. Satoshi Nakamoto is the creator of bitcoin, for those unaware. Goodman actually approached (the alleged) Nakamoto to ask some questions regarding bitcoin, but was met with evasive answers: "I am no longer involved in that and I cannot discuss it," he said to her, according to the piece. "It's been turned over to other people. They are in charge of it now. I no longer have any connection." This man - who almost none of us knew the identity....
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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....
Newsweek's decision to out Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto as the creator of bitcoin appears to be backfiring spectacularly. Nakamoto was quick to deny that he was the 'real' Satoshi Nakamoto and he attributed the misunderstanding to his less than perfect command of the English language. He told the Associated Press that he refused to discuss his employment with Newsweek reporter Leah McGrath Goodman because he had signed confidentiality agreements, not because he was involved in the development of bitcoin. If unfounded, Newsweek's scoop could very quickly turn into a PR nightmare, as the magazine....
The man Newsweek named as bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto has denied any involvement with cryptocurrency. Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto, a Japanese-American resident of Los Angeles, found himself thrust into the the limelight just a day ago when Newsweek reporter Leah McGrath Goodman claimed the anonymous, or pseudonymous, man who released bitcoin on the world had been found at last. Newsweek ran the story on the front cover of its newly-relaunched print edition, but after being pursued through the streets of LA by reporters for a day, Nakamoto said: "I got nothing to do with it". Yesterday,....