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by snapcaster 701 days ago
Wow what a smack down. Has to be unbelievably hard for someone like this to admit they lied publicly. It's so weird because like, obviously he knows he's not Satoshi why did he push it so hard? Is it just straight up mental illness?
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Being about to copyright claim a bunch of bitcoin related stuff and force people to pay you to use it is pretty valuable. Plus, theoretically I think he could use that get ahold of some of the early bitcoins somehow down the line, which would obviously be extremely valuable.