07-03-2014, 10:13 AM
An interesting news on Bitcoin. The creator is found...
Enigmatic Bitcoin creator Nakamoto found: Report
07 Mar 2014 06:02
[WASHINGTON] After years of speculation, the true identity of the mysterious person or group behind the Bitcoin revolution known as "Satoshi Nakamoto" was revealed by Newsweek on Thursday.
It turns out his name is, in fact, Satoshi Nakamoto.
A reporter tracked down the 64-year-old, a Japanese-American physicist and model train enthusiast, living under the name Dorian S. Nakamoto in a modest two-story house in suburban Los Angeles.
Mr Nakamoto did not admit to being behind the phenomenon that, since its 2009 launch, has been hailed as a financial revolution despite scandals over its use in the drugs trade and money-laundering.
And he called the police when the magazine's reporter knocked on his door.
But Newsweek said the man, whose quiet career involved classified work as a systems engineer for the US government and government contractors, tacitly acknowledged his role in creating the crypto-currency that has rocked the banking world.
"I am no longer involved in that, and I cannot discuss it," he said. "It's been turned over to other people." In a scoop heralding the relaunch of its print edition on Friday after two years only online, Newsweek said Nakamoto was born in Japan in 1949 and immigrated to the United States 10 years later.
He studied physics at California State Polytechnic University and worked for a number of companies, but has apparently not held a steady job since 2002.
He spends much of his time on his model train hobby, and has apparently not tapped the millions of dollars of Bitcoin wealth Newsweek says comes from authoring the computer code behind it.
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Ref: Business Times Breaking News
Enigmatic Bitcoin creator Nakamoto found: Report
07 Mar 2014 06:02
[WASHINGTON] After years of speculation, the true identity of the mysterious person or group behind the Bitcoin revolution known as "Satoshi Nakamoto" was revealed by Newsweek on Thursday.
It turns out his name is, in fact, Satoshi Nakamoto.
A reporter tracked down the 64-year-old, a Japanese-American physicist and model train enthusiast, living under the name Dorian S. Nakamoto in a modest two-story house in suburban Los Angeles.
Mr Nakamoto did not admit to being behind the phenomenon that, since its 2009 launch, has been hailed as a financial revolution despite scandals over its use in the drugs trade and money-laundering.
And he called the police when the magazine's reporter knocked on his door.
But Newsweek said the man, whose quiet career involved classified work as a systems engineer for the US government and government contractors, tacitly acknowledged his role in creating the crypto-currency that has rocked the banking world.
"I am no longer involved in that, and I cannot discuss it," he said. "It's been turned over to other people." In a scoop heralding the relaunch of its print edition on Friday after two years only online, Newsweek said Nakamoto was born in Japan in 1949 and immigrated to the United States 10 years later.
He studied physics at California State Polytechnic University and worked for a number of companies, but has apparently not held a steady job since 2002.
He spends much of his time on his model train hobby, and has apparently not tapped the millions of dollars of Bitcoin wealth Newsweek says comes from authoring the computer code behind it.
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Ref: Business Times Breaking News
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