Newsweek doxxed Dorian Nakamoto as Satoshi and made him millions
On March 6, 2014, Newsweek published a piece postulating that Dorian Nakamoto was Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin. This week, 10 years on from the publication of that article, reporters have returned to check in on Dorian’s life. Although Dorian has categorically denied being Satoshi , he’s still received considerable support from the Bitcoin community. A funny photograph of Dorian’s ‘not me’ facial expression has proliferated as a meme and there’s a Rare Pepe card of Dorian’s face — one of the first NFTs on Bitcoin , minted on Counterparty in 2016 — which has resold for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Of course, there are a few people who still believe he’s Satoshi. Why people believed Dorian Nakamoto was Satoshi There were many peculiarities about Dorian that prompted Newsweek reporter Leah McGrath Goodman to name him Bitcoin’s “mystery man behind the cryptocurrency.” Not least of all the fact that Dorian’s middle name...