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He's a con man... we just don't know who he's trying to con. From a confidence game perspective impersonating a recluse like Satoshi is a great choice, in fact a classic choice. Especially after that other fellow was incorrectly identified as Satoshi by national media and Satoshi didn't do anything to correct those claims.

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You mean Dorian? Satoshi did correct it. That's how anyone knows he's still alive.

Satoshi did NOT correct it. His P2P foundation account was hacked, just like his gmx email.

His P2P Foundation was hacked afterwards and then locked for good; but P2P Foundation confirmed at the time that as far as they could tell, it was Satoshi.

Was it signed? I was following pretty closely and my version of history also had that as being fake. This is one instance where I would love to be wrong though.

It was not signed, because Satoshi has never signed anything ever. But it was, as far as it's possible to tell, genuine.

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