Newsweek denies 64-year-old Japanese alleged to be the inventor - Storm of online reactions to magazine revelations
The man whom Newsweek introduced as the unknown inventor of the digital currency is denying the report. The 64-year-old Nakamoto, in an interview with the Associated Press news agency, said he had not heard of the bitcoin at least until three weeks ago, when his son told him that a reporter had contacted him.
The Newsweek magazine presented 64 Dorian S. Nakamoto as the unknown bitcoin creator until now.
Nakamoto said many of the elements of Newsweek's report are correct, but disputes the magazine's claim that it is the face behind bitcoin.
Since the creation of bitcoin 2009, the man who created it remains a mystery. The person - or the group - who are behind his creation signed with the name Satoshi Nakamoto, who many think it is a pseudonym.
Meanwhile, the magazine report where it was supposed to reveal the ID card του δημιουργού του ψηφιακού νομίσματος, ξεσήκωσε θύελλα αντιδράσεων στο Internet. The magazine had posted photos of Nakamoto and his family, his house, his car, even his driver's license.
Twitter users were extremely strict: "That kind of makes me lose my respect for the media," says one, while another says: "I guess all they care about is how much their magazine will sell. No dignity. " Some even posted in the comments below the report the personal details of the author and her home address, wondering if she was "waiting for the door to hit her" - comments that were nevertheless deleted from the magazine.
Source: protothema.gr
