Man Pegged By Newsweek as Satoshi Nakamoto Plans Legal Action
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....
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The Real Satoshi Nakamoto? Image courtesy of Newsweek (http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html). Newsweek claims to have found and interviewed the Real Satoshi Nakamoto: http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html. "Quiet, unassuming". Newsweek reporter Leah McGrath Goodman claims to have tracked down Satoshi Nakamoto, 64 and the face behind Bitcoin to his unassuming family home in Los Angeles's San Bernardino foothills. She writes: He is someone with a penchant for collecting model trains and a career shrouded in secrecy, having done....
A brief primer if you're not already up to date on things: This morning, Newsweek published a report claiming they found the Satoshi Nakamoto - the mysterious figure who created the bitcoin digital currency - in Temple City, California. In that piece, he was quoted as saying: "I am no longer involved in [bitcoin] and I cannot discuss it." "It's been turned over to other people. They are in charge of it now. I no longer have any connection." Hours later, we began hearing first reports of denial. As it were, the man's name is Satoshi Nakamoto (Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto, in fact), but....
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,....
While we don't want to hop aboard the beat the dead horse train, we think this video is an important development in the Newsweek piece that made it's debut Thursday morning. It's a follow-up to a post published on newsBTC (and tons of other sites) last night and this morning, where Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto (the man pegged by Newsweek's Leah McGrath Goodman as the creator of bitcoin) denied claims he's ever been involved with the digital currency. What you're about to watch in the video above is Dorian at the Associated Press bureau in downtown Los Angeles discussing the 'exposé',....