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by justin_ 3704 days ago
What is the point of that base64 string at the top? In the context of the article, I thought it would be a signature of "Craig Wright" or "Craig Wright, Satoshi", but it's only a base64 encoded string of one the earlier things he wrote:

  % base64 --decode <<EOF
  IFdyaWdodCwgaXQgaXMgbm90IHRoZSBzYW1lIGFzIGlmIEkgc2lnbiBDcmFpZyBXcmlnaHQsIFNhdG9zaGkuCgo=
  EOF
   Wright, it is not the same as if I sign Craig Wright, Satoshi.
1 comments

That's what he signed.
Except no, that's not what he signed. Have you checked it before saying so?