Dorian Nakamoto Thanks Bitcoin Donors on YouTube
Dorian Nakamoto, the California man who is Satoshi Nakamoto - but not the one the media is looking for - has appeared in a YouTube video thanking the bitcoin community for its support. Bitcoin entrepreneur Andreas Antonopoulos organized the fundraiser as partial compensation for Nakamoto's recent troubles, after a Newsweek cover story 'revealed' him to be bitcoin's mysterious originator. The appeal has raised over 47 BTC (roughly $23,000) and Nakamoto says he plans to keep his "bitcoin account" open and become a user. In the three-minute video, Nakamoto appears alongside Antonopoulos and....
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