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Topic: [2016-05-02] BBC.CO.UK: Bitcoin industry 'sceptical' of Satoshi identity claim (Read 266 times)

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Well, the proof Craig Wright has delivered is invalid and useless. Skepticism is therefore appropriate.

Why did he not used a bombproof thing to prove he is Satoshi?
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Bitcoin industry 'sceptical' of Satoshi identity claim

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36185622

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Members of the Bitcoin community remain sceptical about Craig Wright's claim to be the mysterious creator of the digital currency.
At the Consensus 2016 conference in New York, attendees told the BBC they wanted to see more proof before they would be ready to believe the claims.
Mr Wright spoke to the BBC claiming he created the crypto-currency.
Gavin Andresen, chief scientist at the Bitcoin Foundation, has confirmed the claim.
Noisy method
Mr Andresen said he travelled to London to meet Mr Wright who showed him proof that he and Satoshi Nakamoto - the pseudonym adopted by Bitcoin's creator - were one and the same.
"He signed in my presence using the private key from block one, the very first mined Bitcoin block, on a computer that I am convinced had not been tampered with," he said.
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