Will_Newsome comments on Less Wrong used to like Bitcoin before it was cool. Time for a revisit? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Will_Newsome 20 June 2012 11:39:39PM 2 points [-]

If you read the Wikipedia article, you should know that I didn't create Bitcoin but only described a similar idea more than a decade ago. And my understanding is that the creator of Bitcoin, who goes by the name Satoshi Nakamoto, didn't even read my article before reinventing the idea himself. He learned about it afterward and credited me in his paper. So my connection with the project is quite limited.

Needless to say, this is what Wei Dai / Satoshi Nakamoto would say if they were the same person.

Comment author: fubarobfusco 21 June 2012 12:06:12AM *  6 points [-]

Needless to say, this is what Wei Dai / Satoshi Nakamoto would say if they were the same person.

Needless to say, this is what Will_Newsome / Satoshi Nakamoto would say if they were the same person.

(Sorry. Played Resistance for the first time yesterday evening.)

Comment author: Will_Newsome 21 June 2012 01:58:42AM 5 points [-]

Needless to say,