Thursday, March 6, 2014

The Satoshi Nakamoto Stakeout Begins

Andrea Chang tech reporter at the LA Times tweets out:














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UPDATE 2

The LA Times has filed this report:

Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto, who Newsweek alleges is the creator of Bitcoin, has been riding around Los Angeles in a car with a reporter while being chased by several other journalists.
Nakamoto emerged from his home and joined a reporter for the Associated Press, according to The Times' Andrea Chang, who relayed her information to Times deputy business editor Joe Bel Bruno.
In a brief exchange with Chang, Nakamoto denied being the creator of Bitcoin.

UPDATE 3

LaTi with more:

Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto, a 64-year-old man from Temple City, joined an Associated Press reporter Thursday afternoon after being identified as the founder of Bitcoin by Newsweek[...]

"I'm not involved in Bitcoin," he said. "Wait a minute. I want free lunch first. I'm going to go with this guy."[...]Nakamoto then proceeded to join the Associated Press reporter before being chased around Los Angeles by a group of journalists.

The reporter took Nakamoto to the Associated Press' Los Angeles office, where the Los Angeles Times' Andrea Chang was able to catch up to them and ask Nakamoto if he started Bitcoin. Nakamoto denied creating the cryptocurrency, according to Chang.

Also see:  Takeaways from the Newsweek Article on Satoshi Nakamoto

1 comment:

  1. The way they're stalking this guy, complete with play by play tweets is seriously creepy.

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