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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Man called Bitcoin's father denies ties,
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Thu Mar 6 19:59:03 2014
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 16:28:04 -0800
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Man called Bitcoin's father denies ties, leads LA car chase
http://j.mp/1fbZgvV (Reuters)
A Japanese American man thought to be the reclusive multi-millionaire
father of Bitcoin emerged from a modest Southern California home and
denied involvement with the digital currency before leading reporters
on a freeway car chase to the local headquarters of the Associated
Press ... Newsweek included a photograph and a described a short
interview, in which Nakamoto said he was no longer associated with
Bitcoin and that it had been turned over to other people. The magazine
concluded that the man was the same Nakamoto who founded Bitcoin ...
He was mobbed by reporters and told them he was looking for someone
who understood Japanese to buy him a free lunch... "I'm not involved
in Bitcoin. Wait a minute, I want my free lunch first. I'm going with
this guy," Nakamoto said, pointing at a reporter from AP... "I'm not
in Bitcoin, I don't know anything about it," the man said again while
walking down the street with several cameras at his heels ...
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You just can't make this stuff up -- even here in L.A.
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