I cannot take this anymore, I really cannot
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It's not impossible, but look.
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Wright spends a lot of time ranting about how Redditors only want the most convoluted explanation; Occam's Razor, etc.
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Let's apply Occam's Razor to this situation. Guy who claims to be Satoshi perpetrates massive tax fraud, lies about degrees, supercomputers,
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forges and backdates PGP keys, blogposts; likely makes up the existence of a trust; lies to the BBC while LRB writer is present;
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passes out fake evidence on USB drives given to reporters at press conference; fakes the proof of his identity; lies about faking the proof;
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.... What's the more likely scenario here? 30% Satoshi, or 100% fake?
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(30% Satoshi would make a great manga title)
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Postscript: The pesky trustees of the Tulip Trust are basically the Canadian girlfriends of this whole story
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Second, longer postscript: the way CSW treated Gavin Andresen at their meeting, I think, is the most interesting and revealing part
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He got Andresen to soften up towards him with initial correspondence, then likely dangled a carrot
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Andresen came to the meeting feeling friendly towards Wright, but equipped to properly scrutinize the proof.
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When Andresen asked to run the proof on his own computer, Wright threw an exhausting tantrum.
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He stretches it out. Makes everything tense. Gets everyone to try to placate him. An assistant has to run out and get a fresh computer
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By the time they run the proof on the second computer, Andresen is tired and probably low on blood sugarpic.twitter.com/98AseyzxYj
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IIRC, Andresen doesn't get an opportunity to inspect the code?
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LRB says there were "tears" in Wright's eyes. It's an emotional moment. Everything is set up to feel final.
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This is a master manipulator who cons technologists, businesspeople, journalists, and even someone who knew Satoshi.
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I think that's the interesting story there. Maybe not a story I'd allot 35000 words to, but a story that I wish someone had written, anyways
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Third postscript: that reeeeeeeally did not need to be 35,000 words, man. Good god.
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That was like, 2,000 extremely valuable words on Ninjutsu, 3,000 words on what happened with Andresen, and 30,000 words of red herrings
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