This Might Be Satoshi Nakamoto on Mainstream Media
Dave Kleiman made a name for himself as a computer forensics expert before being claimed as co-inventor of Bitcoin by Craig Wright, the Australian recently verified by Gavin Andresen and Jon Matonis as Satoshi Nakamoto. The veteran Kleiman, if he were co-inventor of bitcoin, never used the fortune that would be his. His home was in foreclosure when he died. Of course, when Wright refused to verify cryptographically his place as Nakamoto, everything had been thrown into question. Of Wright, Andresen insisted: “He fits the style of person I was working with,” he said. “He can also say things....
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When it comes to bitcoin, it would be fair to say that the mainstream media does have a tendency to get things wrong. Although coverage has improved since the early days, as some journalists are beginning to take the digital currency and its underlying technology more seriously, mistakes continue to crop up. Ranging from hugely inaccurate to outrageously funny, here are some of the biggest mainstream media fails to date. 1. Hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto. The mainstream press has joined the pursuit to identify Satoshi Nakamoto, the person or group of people credited with creating bitcoin. Back....
During the last week, mainstream media outlets have been publishing reports that say “Bitcoin’s creator Satoshi Nakamoto could be unmasked at [a] Florida trial.” Alongside this, the name “Satoshi Nakamoto” has been trending in people’s discussions on social media for the last few days as well. The Internet Is Buzzing Over Conversations Concerning Bitcoin’s Mysterious Creator Last week, the long-awaited Kleiman v. Wright trial started in Florida and the court case has sparked significant interest from mainstream media publications like Fox....
CCN took some time to compile a list of the original appearances of Bitcoin on mainstream media television. There is this PC World report, which features a video, and got a response from Satoshi Nakamoto: It would have been nice to get this attention in any other context. WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet's nest, and the swarm is headed towards us. -Satoshi Nakamoto, 12/11/2010. Enjoy: May 6, 2011 - Horizont ČT24. I only understood Bitcoin and Satoshi Nakamoto. June 2011 - ABC. "Lsd, cocaine and ecstasy," starts this segment. Sound like fun? During the time this segment aired, business was....
There's no doubt about the fact that the bitcoin community has voiced their opinions on a Newsweek exposé of the alleged Satoshi Nakamoto (long story short: outrage and disappointment) by Leah McGrath Goodman, but now the Bitcoin Foundation is chiming in. "Today we have seen heightened media speculation on the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto," the advocacy group writes in their response, entitled We Are All Bitcoin. "As of this writing, we have seen zero conclusive evidence that the identified person is the designer of Bitcoin. Those closest to the Bitcoin project, the informal team of core....