02-07-2023, 09:07 AM
Gavin Andresen updates blog: "it was a mistake to trust Craig Wright as much as I di
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>If you don't know who Gavin Andresen is do yourself a favour and read up a bit about the early stages of bitcoin and his direct relationship with Satoshi and his involvement in the bitcoin protocol: <a href="https://academy.bit2me.com/en/quien-es-gavin-andresen/">https://academy.bit2me.com/en/quien-es-gavin-andresen/</a></p> <p>In short: He was the dev chosen by Satoshi to take over bitcoin maintenance/development once Satoshi disappeared and was a pivotal figure/witness in Craig Wrights scam claiming to be Satoshi and just about the only legitimate person in the space who ever backed Craig Wright but that has since changed.</p> <p>It appears that Gavin has now, finally, publicly renounced Craig Wright and his "test" that put claim to the Satoshi name on the actual blog post that initially backed Craig Wright.</p> <p><a href="http://gavinandresen.ninja/satoshi">http://gavinandresen.ninja/satoshi</a></p> <p>As per this morning, Gavin updated his "Satoshi" blog post that explains the event surrounding Craig Wright showing "proof" that he is in fact Satoshi with a short and simple paragraph:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Feb 2023: I don’t believe in rewriting history, so I’m going to leave this post up. But in the seven years since I wrote it, a lot has happened, and</em> <strong><em>I now know it was a mistake to trust Craig Wright as much as I did.</em></strong> <em>I regret getting sucked into the “who is (or isn’t) Satoshi” game, and I refuse to play that game any more.</em></p> </blockquote> <p>This is the new opening paragraph of his previous blog post which is in STARK contrast to the original:</p> <blockquote> <p>I believe Craig Steven Wright is the person who invented Bitcoin. </p> <p>I was flown to London to meet Dr. Wright a couple of weeks ago, after an initial email conversation convinced me that there was a very good chance he was the same person I’d communicated with in 2010 and early 2011. After spending time with him I am convinced beyond a reasonable doubt: Craig Wright is Satoshi.</p> </blockquote> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/MilesPower"> /u/MilesPower </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/10v4shk/gavin_andresen_updates_blog_it_was_a_mistake_to/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/10v4shk/gavin_andresen_updates_blog_it_was_a_mistake_to/">[comments]</a></span>
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>If you don't know who Gavin Andresen is do yourself a favour and read up a bit about the early stages of bitcoin and his direct relationship with Satoshi and his involvement in the bitcoin protocol: <a href="https://academy.bit2me.com/en/quien-es-gavin-andresen/">https://academy.bit2me.com/en/quien-es-gavin-andresen/</a></p> <p>In short: He was the dev chosen by Satoshi to take over bitcoin maintenance/development once Satoshi disappeared and was a pivotal figure/witness in Craig Wrights scam claiming to be Satoshi and just about the only legitimate person in the space who ever backed Craig Wright but that has since changed.</p> <p>It appears that Gavin has now, finally, publicly renounced Craig Wright and his "test" that put claim to the Satoshi name on the actual blog post that initially backed Craig Wright.</p> <p><a href="http://gavinandresen.ninja/satoshi">http://gavinandresen.ninja/satoshi</a></p> <p>As per this morning, Gavin updated his "Satoshi" blog post that explains the event surrounding Craig Wright showing "proof" that he is in fact Satoshi with a short and simple paragraph:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Feb 2023: I don’t believe in rewriting history, so I’m going to leave this post up. But in the seven years since I wrote it, a lot has happened, and</em> <strong><em>I now know it was a mistake to trust Craig Wright as much as I did.</em></strong> <em>I regret getting sucked into the “who is (or isn’t) Satoshi” game, and I refuse to play that game any more.</em></p> </blockquote> <p>This is the new opening paragraph of his previous blog post which is in STARK contrast to the original:</p> <blockquote> <p>I believe Craig Steven Wright is the person who invented Bitcoin. </p> <p>I was flown to London to meet Dr. Wright a couple of weeks ago, after an initial email conversation convinced me that there was a very good chance he was the same person I’d communicated with in 2010 and early 2011. After spending time with him I am convinced beyond a reasonable doubt: Craig Wright is Satoshi.</p> </blockquote> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/MilesPower"> /u/MilesPower </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/10v4shk/gavin_andresen_updates_blog_it_was_a_mistake_to/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/10v4shk/gavin_andresen_updates_blog_it_was_a_mistake_to/">[comments]</a></span>