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Patrick McKenzie
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Patrick McKenzie

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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 2 May 2016
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    Wrote up my attempt to verify Wright's claim, with code sample: https://github.com/patio11/wrightverification … Spoiler: hokum and flimflam. Not even blogging it.

    4:10 AM - 2 May 2016
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      2. thaddeus e. grugq‏ @thegrugq 2 May 2016
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        thaddeus e. grugq Retweeted Patrick McKenzie

        So @patio11 did the hard work to demonstrate that Craig Wright, tax evader, hasn’t proven anything yet.https://twitter.com/patio11/status/727092920520560640 …

        thaddeus e. grugq added,

        Patrick McKenzie @patio11
        Wrote up my attempt to verify Wright's claim, with code sample: https://github.com/patio11/wrightverification … Spoiler: hokum and flimflam. Not even blogging it.
        4 replies 47 retweets 35 likes
      3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 2 May 2016
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        Replying to @thegrugq

        @thegrugq I think @dakami gets a lot of the credit for hand-modifying hex, which I wasn't willing to (and couldn't generate independently).

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      2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 2 May 2016
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        If you are a news organization, and you want to cite me, go nuts. Also, if in the future you need a competent Bitcoin skeptic, email me.

        1 reply 13 retweets 31 likes
      3. Juha Makkonen‏ @juhamac 2 May 2016
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        @patio11 Possible motivation? "Mr. Wright says that if he could reinvent bitcoin, he would program in a steady increase of the block size."

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      2. Mathias Bynens‏Verified account @mathias 2 May 2016
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        @patio11 Honest question: where in the blog post did you find those claims 3 and 4?

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      3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 2 May 2016
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        @mathias It's the entire narrative of commands he types in.

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      2. Vess‏ @VessOnSecurity 2 May 2016
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        @patio11 @thegrugq In 2) and 3), don't you mean "private" instead of "public", as you have written?

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      3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 2 May 2016
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        @VessOnSecurity @thegrugq Thanks; good eye. (I blame the anti-cold meds.)

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      2. Mike Butcher‏Verified account @mikebutcher 2 May 2016
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        @patio11 I need to credit you on TC, apologies.

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      3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 2 May 2016
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        @mikebutcher Thanks! (Feel free to ask me any time you want to hear about invented finances of interest to geeks. I makes games + hate BTC.)

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