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user92  ·  3919 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Leah McGrath Goodman: The Face Behind Bitcoin

As someone on the outside, it seems like there's some sort of arms race with journalists. In this case, if she hadn't doxed him, some other journalist would have and then they'd have (supposedly) gotten more views. At least this is what the mentality looks like to me, an outsider.

Anyway, it's hard to tell what Nakamoto's motives really are, but if he's just concerned about his privacy (as he seems to be trying to communicate) there are so many better ways to have gone about that.





kleinbl00  ·  3919 days ago  ·  link  ·  

They sat on Monica Lewinsky because ethics. Isikoff was pissed. No idea who leaked the story to the Drudge Report, but that's where the world heard the Lewinsky scandal first. Ever since, journalism has been all about "who shoots first."

am_Unition  ·  3919 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    ...if he's just concerned about his privacy (as he seems to be trying to communicate) there are so many better ways to have gone about that.

Action on his part, or McGrath Goodman's?

Yeah, I echo the sentiments made thus far by yourself and thenewgreen. Really hope this doesn't end poorly... :(

user92  ·  3919 days ago  ·  link  ·  

On his part, really. Not that he's to blame for being doxed, but for someone who wants to remain anonymous, he sure has done some odd things (e.g. using his real name, etc.).

am_Unition  ·  3919 days ago  ·  link  ·  

True. I imagine that he didn't really expect this to take off like it did, but since he's such a hermit with an oath of silence, we're limited largely to conjecture.