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This is a bit racist. So they cite a source with a Japanese name that sounds a bit like Satoshi Nakamoto, so he must be the same guy?


Even if it were the same guy, wouldn't it be evidence that the NSA did NOT invent it, since that source is a cryptographer not associated with the NSA?


It's just a complete nonsense tweet from top to bottom, for a variety of reasons. I don't know why it's being upvoted, here.


The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect applies to social media as well.


He shows evidence that NSA employees were aware of this guy’s work and implying they may have made up a similar name. I don’t think that’s racist. The Satoshi pseudonym had to come from somewhere, no?




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