Alleged Satoshi Nakamoto Denies Bitcoin Involvement, Chased Down on Freeway

Alleged Satoshi Nakamoto Denies Bitcoin Involvement, Chased Down on Freeway

The man who has been pegged by Newsweek at the real Satoshi Nakamoto is presently being hounded by journalists in Southern California, and he's denying any involvement. The man was seen leaving his home this afternoon in an Instagram video posted by Hunter Schwarz of Buzzfeed. No questions right now, he demanded. I want my free lunch. The 65-year-old left with an Associated Press journalist for lunch, presumably to speak about the Newsweek exposé that went live on the web Thursday morning. He denied allegations that he was the creator of bitcoin made by the paper's Leah McGrath Goodman:....


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