Community Fundraiser Nets $7k and Counting for Alleged Bitcoin Creator Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto
Noted security expert and bitcoin developer Andreas Antonopoulos announced a fundraising campaign on 7th March for Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto, the 64-year-old California engineer who Newsweek has suggested is the inventor of bitcoin. The funds, according to Antonopoulos, will serve as a small "thanks" from the community should Nakamoto turn out to be the founder of bitcoin. If not, Antonopoulos said the money could still be used by Nakamoto and his family to cover any legal or medical bills they are facing. At press time, more than 12 BTC (nearly $7,500) had been sent to the wallet by more....
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A connection between the late computer scientist, Hal Finney, and Dorian Nakamoto could hold the answer to the creator of Bitcoin’s identity. The identity of Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, has been the cause of much speculation since the cryptocurrency was created. This has especially been the case in recent weeks after Craig Wright claimed to be the man himself. An oft-overlooked connection between the late computer scientist, Hal Finney, and Dorian Nakamoto, born Satoshi, could hold the answer. Hal Finney. Hal Finney was a computer scientist and pre-Bitcoin....
The bitcoin community has launched fundraisers for two individuals involved in bitcoin's creation five years ago - or at least one of them is. So far, the community has raised $21,000 for Dorian S Nakamoto, a humble Californian retiree who was named as the creator of bitcoin by Lea McGrath Goodman's controversial Newsweek cover story. Nakamoto insists that he has nothing to do with bitcoin. Rather than living like a millionaire, he appears to lead a very humble life, which prompted some members of the bitcoin community to launch a fundraiser. After all, it seems Nakamoto was hounded for no....