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December 10, 2015, 04:55:05 AM
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Doesn't really say much about his ability to create something like Bitcoin. You don't just decide that you're gonna become a computer programmer coming out the army and suddenly do something revolutionary.

That's like saying Einstein decided in his 30's to become a physicist.
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December 10, 2015, 04:36:11 AM
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Interesting Facts About David Kleiman's Life
 
  • Born in 1965 and adopted by Jewish parents: Louis and Regina Kleiman
  • Grew up in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
  • Served as an Army helicopter technician from 1986 to 1989 (age 21-24)
  • Named soldier of the year in 1987 by the secretary of the Army (age 22)
  • Served as a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputy and detective until rendered paraplegic by a 1995 off-duty motorcycle crash (age 30)
  • After rehab from the crash, using a wheelchair, worked in computer forensics.
  • Married and divorced twice but had no children
  • In his final years, complications from his injuries required that he have five or six additional surgeries and spend nearly three years in the hospital battling an MRSA bacterial infection
  • Came home physically weak, but refused living assistance
  • Died weeks later on April 26, 2013 (age 46) of a heart attack caused by the MRSA infection

Thoughts:

Based on the times given, he must have entered the hospital for his final stay around April, 2010. This would have been several months before the opening of the (Pre-Karpeles) Mt. Gox and any free-floating exchange-based price. Satoshi's last correspondence occured April 23, 2011, so if any of Satoshi's last year of correspondence came from Kleiman, it came from Kleiman posting from the hospital. He died two weeks after the peak of the first 2013 price bubble ($266/BTC).

References:

http://mpb.floridaweekly.com/news/2013-05-16/Community/Father_friends_mourn_a_sons_life_cut_short.html

http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/news/local/obituary-former-pbso-deputy-dies-in-his-home/nXcqR

http://gizmodo.com/this-australian-says-he-and-his-dead-friend-invented-bi-1746958692

http://www.wired.com/2015/12/bitcoins-creator-satoshi-nakamoto-is-probably-this-unknown-australian-genius

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