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They probably just have something on file with gwern.

Could you expand on what you mean?

It's probably referencing http://gwern.net, a site featuring essays on various topics.

It's referencing a person that goes by gwern. Who that is, I haven't fully gathered. He is talked about a lot (and active) on /r/bitcoin and has had some popular Satoshi related answers on Quora. Seems to get a lot of respect (that is likely his website).

Gwern is Gwern Branwen. He likes Haskell. He has a website, which was mentioned earlier. He uses Google+ with his name here https://plus.google.com/103530621949492999968/posts/A3u1goGc... He is on Twitter. He answers questions on Quora. Some LessWrong folks are kind of obsessed with Gwern. Gwern is here too https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=gwern He seems very open about everything.

Here's more about the URL detective work and gwern: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/361niw/decoding_the...

Szabo wrote a little about gwern here: http://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2011/05/bitcoin-what-took-y...

That second link is basically an admission that he is Satoshi -- or that he and Hal Finney together were Satoshi. If you read between the lines.

I annotated with explanations of what I mean:

http://genius.it/unenumerated.blogspot.com/2011/05/bitcoin-w...

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