Innerworld@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoAn investigation suggests Blockstream CEO Adam Back, a British cryptographer who invented Hashcash, is Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto; Back denies the claimwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkAn investigation suggests Blockstream CEO Adam Back, a British cryptographer who invented Hashcash, is Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto; Back denies the claimwww.nytimes.comInnerworld@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squareCannedYeet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoReminds me of the story of the New York Times outing the author of Slate Star Codex. It was big inconvenience for him to have his real identity revealed, but what was the societal benefit? It just makes them more vulnerable to harassment and abuse.
Reminds me of the story of the New York Times outing the author of Slate Star Codex. It was big inconvenience for him to have his real identity revealed, but what was the societal benefit? It just makes them more vulnerable to harassment and abuse.