Gavin Anderson Refutes Hacking Claim to Assert Craig Wright Is Satoshi
At Consensus 2016, the cryptocurrency- and blockchain-industry conference currently being held in New York, Chief scientist of the Bitcoin Foundation Gavin Andersen has stuck with his assertion that Craig Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto, following his meeting with the Australian entrepreneur. He also added that his website wasn’t hacked, contrary to rumors after his post which backed Craig Wright’s public reveal as Bitcoin’s inventor. In his blog published on Monday morning, soon after Craig Wright’s own reveal, Andersen wrote: I believe Craig Steven Wright is the person who invented Bitcoin. I....
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