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Was Dorian Nakamoto Satoshi? The man whose legal name was, literally, Satoshi Nakamoto
His legal name was, literally, Satoshi Nakamoto — and a 2014 Newsweek cover story named him. The evidence, weighed.
Andy Greenberg
Keyword reference — entries that mention this term in body prose.
Person: Andy Greenberg
9 entries reference this keyword in body prose.
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Satoshi's Windows workbench: 27 months of MinGW and Visual C++ 6.0, then a Linux build of his own
Satoshi coded Bitcoin on Windows for 27 months, mainly with MinGW. In November 2009 he finished the Linux build Martti Malmi had started; by mid-2010 there were Windows, Linux and Mac releases.
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Dorian Nakamoto (1949–) — Japanese-American engineer falsely identified as Satoshi by Newsweek
Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto (1949–): Japanese-American engineer in Temple City, CA. Falsely identified by Newsweek (2014) as Bitcoin's creator. He denied it. The community raised 67+ BTC for him.
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Andy Greenberg / Forbes: 'Nakamoto's Neighbor — The Bitcoin Ghostwriter Who Wasn't'
March 25, 2014 Forbes feature: Andy Greenberg followed the Temple City coincidence to Hal Finney, then dropped the theory after seeing Finney's 2009 emails with Satoshi and his wallet record.
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Was Hal Finney Satoshi? — RPOW's author, with a real Satoshi Nakamoto living blocks from his door
He built RPOW, received the first Bitcoin transaction, and lived blocks from Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto. The evidence for Hal Finney as Satoshi, weighed.
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Why hasn't Satoshi been found? An asymmetry analysis of the public record
Satoshi has been hunted in public for years and left a large trail of material, yet remains unidentified. Why all that searching and all that material have not led to a name.
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Fran Finney — Wife of Hal Finney and guardian of his legacy
Fran Finney: wife of Hal Finney (the first known person other than Satoshi to run Bitcoin). She witnessed Bitcoin's earliest moments, cared for Hal through ALS, and became the keeper of his legacy.
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Forbes 'Crypto Currency' — early mainstream feature on Bitcoin and Satoshi (2011)
One of the first major print magazine features on Bitcoin. Greenberg interviews Andresen, who calls Bitcoin "better gold than gold." Satoshi's withdrawal signals predate it by seven months.
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Wired and Gizmodo identify Craig Wright as possible Satoshi Nakamoto
Wired and Gizmodo simultaneously publish articles identifying Australian computer scientist Craig Steven Wright as the probable creator of Bitcoin, based on leaked documents and emails.