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[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 48 points 22 hours ago (9 children)

How frustrating would it be to be this guy if his claims were true.

[–] Earflap@reddthat.com 57 points 19 hours ago (7 children)

Then it would be trivial to sign a message using his known wallet address that could be cryptographicly verified. But he is lying so he can't.

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 25 points 18 hours ago (6 children)

I don't think this guy is Satoshi but no Bitcoin wallets known to belong to Satoshi have been active since their initial transactions. I think it's likely that the keys for those wallets have been lost. So I don't think the inability to sign these messages proves that he's not Satoshi, the fraud does though.

[–] Earflap@reddthat.com 9 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

If the keys have been lost then so has Satoshi. Otherwise any random idiot can say they're satoshi. Sucks to suck.

[–] sepi@piefed.social 1 points 45 minutes ago

Look at me guys! I'm satoshi!!!!!

/s

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