All I see is this old guy who is reported to have had a stroke, looks after his 93 year old mother and wants to be left alone but is being hounded by the press. Is that not really the only facts we have?
What you see is a screen displaying doctored data with the primarily purpose to cause an expected reaction in your mind. You are not seeing the real character in your front, you are seeing the display of your computer where you read what you want to believe. You did not collected and scrutinized the data for yourself, you merely was told what happened.
If he is "bitcoin satoshi", which I personally doubt, he has not cashed out his coins and so is not some eccentric millionaire pretending to be poor.
If he is the Satoshi Nakamoto which developed the original Bitcoin software (and assuming he is also Dorian), then he could care less for his mother. I would certainly use that funds to help my mother. Would you not?
If he is not "bitcoin satoshi", which I personally feel is more likely (but make up your own mind), he does not seem undeserving of a little help.
Yeah, sure. However, what make you think he was not doing well before his privacy being completely busted? What make you think that ten of thousands of USD will provide him a better situation? Do you think everyone like to share with the whole world their grief? What make you think that money will buy his healthiness? Do you think more publicity from a bunch of deluded people is going to make him and his mother suffer less?
That's all. For now, at least give him the benefit of the doubt, rather than putting everyone off helping.
Who should have the benefit of the doubt?
f it's a total scam, no one is going to miss the $10 they donate. If it's not, the money is well spent.
It is not a scam, it is just a money grab scheme.
I just hope Andreas/people will consider getting the cash raised over to him quickly - not in 3 weeks time.
LoL
Pre-order of donations, brilliant!
That is a traditional way to do business around here!
Otherwise, it leaves him open to being cornered by some crappy news channel who offer him $10k for his story and he has no choice but to accept
