Just listened to the latest rip of RHR. I love you guys. You've taught me so much and I'm immensely grateful to you for carrying the Bitcoin standard for us plebs. But Marty, every time you say "tinfoil hat" before making some claim, you're avoiding responsibility. Man up and either stand behind your claim or don't make it. It's chickenshit to throw out claims and say you're just speculating/asking questions/wearing your tinfoil hat. You're definitely not the only one who does this, but you are a man of integrity and intellect who is above such intellectually dishonest rhetoric.

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Nothing stops this train.

The arc of Bitcoin is long. And it bends towards justice.

Let’s never forget that Trump is a politician and someone who revels in telling crowds what they want to hear. But even benign neglect of bitcoin would be an improvement. Let’s see whether he frees Ross for starters.

Great interview on a very important topic.

Sorry you gotta leave. Stay safe!

Happy Days / Mork and Mindy?

Got it. I stand corrected on the year.

In terms of critiques, here are three, none of which present compelling counter evidence: https://cointelegraph.com/news/hbo-documentary-peter-todd-satoshi-nakamoto and https://fuckedbitcoin.com/2024/10/09/hbo-and-their-key-argument-about-peter-todd/ and https://www.binance.com/en/blog/community/mystery-solved-we-are-all-satoshi-nakamoto-not-peter-todd-7001395776008042753

NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, Fox News, etc.

And it was for growing weed! Do they really think they are making the world a better place?

Yes, I agree that the fact Peter Todd later referenced his December 2010 post and, even more to the point, that he didn’t delete that post, is exculpatory. As to the fact that he created the Peter Todd account to get an invitation — I think this is the documentary’s argument as well. That is, Todd created an account under his name in 2007 to get an invite. Then, in 2010, he happened to make a post under his Satoshi account and logged out and then, 90 minutes later, logged back in to add a comment, but used the wrong account.

Sucks what HBO did to you. Satoshi or not, they violated your privacy and your safety. If you are Satoshi, and you still have the key(s) to your stash, consider the wisdom in burning most of those coins. Would save you from becoming the target of thieves and governments and save Bitcoin from a crisis of confidence should it ever look like Satoshis coins are going to enter the market.

Hmm. You leave out an important part of the timeline: Todd’s October 10 post occurred 90 minutes after Satoshi’s post — the one that the HBO doc claims Todd was trying to amplify as Satoshi, just that he accidentally logged in as Todd instead. I don’t want this doc’s claim to be true, but it seems quite a coincidence that Todd, having only logged on once before two days ago, happened to log in and reply to Satoshi just 90 minutes after Satoshi posted.

So I’m as against outing Satoshi as anyone. And I have tremendous sympathy for Peter Todd who, Satoshi or not, is now in danger of both physical harm from criminals and frivolous lawsuits from bitcoin haters. I hate to say it, but I think the case made by the HBO documentary for Todd being Satoshi was pretty compelling. And Todd’s on-camera response didn’t help any.

I combed through today’s criticisms of the documentary hoping to read something legitimately discrediting, but so far no one has presented any actual facts that debunk the documentary’s claim that Todd is Satoshi.

Why does it matter if people think Todd is Satoshi? Because Satoshi owns a ton of bitcoin which could rock the market and sentiment if they moved. If Satoshi destroyed all copies of the keys, good on them, but in that case, they should have burned them instead so that we all knew without a doubt that those coins could never move again. If Satoshi didn’t destroy the keys, I really hope they burn most of their coins for the sake of us all.

All hail Satoshi!