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by nickysielicki 3699 days ago
To play devils advocate, if I had private keys that were tied to a not-small fortune, I'd keep them so far from my computer that even the proof he's provided would be out of the question.

...On the other hand, the screenshots are from Windows. Windows! Are we really to believe Satoshi uses Windows?
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maaku 3699 days ago
> ...On the other hand, the screenshots are from Windows. Windows! Are we really to believe Satoshi uses Windows?

Yes. This is the one part of the whole story that doesn't smell. The first version of Bitcoin was windows-only.

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mathias 3699 days ago
+1. Still, code screenshots in Notepad?!
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cc81 3699 days ago
I don't see why he would go through all that trouble with the blockchain when he could just send an email with "'sup all, I'm Satoshi" and sign it with his PGP key.
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meowface 3699 days ago
Well, he'd still want to keep them in a safe place he can access if he ever wants the money. And he's had at least 4 months to do something with the key.
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aussiehash 3699 days ago
Agreed, the pre-reveal announcement goes back to March

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/03/31/2158024/craig-wrights-...

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