that's incredible to me, because he comes off like an obvious conman to me. maybe it's just the fact that i've seen him caught in lies---like the time he tried to trick people into believing he controlled satoshi's PGP key. it was an obvious scam.
Like some other people that dupe people around this space (... say someone who posted earlier in this thread...) Wright compensates for cluelessness by applying an abusive attitude, technobabble, and choir preaching insults at respected authorities to both elevate his standing and make his audience feel superior (like "I knew it! all along those respected folks were really worst than me!").People without the relevant background can't judge the content, but they hear the the tone and attitude and they can't imagine using that approach unless they were telling the truth. They just cant imagine being a pathological liar with testicles of neutronium themselves... and so, improbable as it seems, they actually find Wright's spiel credible even though to the rest of us it wouldn't even make for a credible conman act in a movie.
In fact, his utter implausibility works in his favour in another way: it discourages competent people from spending their time discrediting him, and when they do it they find themselves saying something like "wtf. how could you _possibly_ believe this crap. I can't even.", -- not exactly the most effective, even though it's actually a fair response considering the utter absurdity of the situation.
Also, since no one has linked it and to avoid myself being guilty of just giving a "I can't even" response, the bitcoin wiki page on Wright is obligatory reading: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Craig_Wright
Indeed. I welcome everyone to see for themselves exactly how they try to twist things to fit with their own agenda ...
Another exert from The Satoshi Affair - Andrew OHagan on the many lives of Satoshi Nakamoto , for the topic ...
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5100073.msg49624996#msg49624996
Page 9
"... Weeks later, I was in the kitchen of the house Wright was renting in London drinking
tea with him when I noticed a book on the worktop called Visions of Virtue in
Tokugawa Japan. Id done some mugging up by then and was keen to nail the name
thing.
So thats where you say you got the Nakamoto part? I asked. From the 18th-century
iconoclast who criticised all the beliefs of his time?
Yes.
What about Satoshi?
It means ash, he said. The philosophy of Nakamoto is the neutral central path in
trade. Our current system needs to be burned down and remade. That is what
cryptocurrency does it is the phoenix ...
So satoshi is the ash from which the phoenix ...
Yes. And Ash is also the name of a silly Pokémon character. The guy with Pikachu.
Wright smiled. In Japan the name of Ash is Satoshi, he said.
So, basically, you named the father of bitcoin after Pikachus chum?
Yes, he said. Thatll annoy the buggery out of a few people. This was something he
often said, as if annoying people was an art...."
...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Ketchum
"... Ash Ketchum, known as Satoshi (サトシ) in Japan, is a fictional character in the Pokémon franchise owned by Nintendo. He is the main protagonist of the Pokémon anime and certain manga series as well as on various merchandise related to the franchise..."
"... His English name is derived from the Japanese name (as the letters 'ash' are included in 'Satoshi') and his English motto, "Gotta Catch 'Em All"..."
"... Controversy
On August 18, 2016, the XYZ episode Kalos League Victory! Satoshi's Greatest Decisive Battle (カロスリーグ優勝！サトシ頂上決戦 Karosurīgu yūshō! Satoshi chōjō kessen) (Down to the Fiery Finish! in the English dub) faced criticism from fans when Ash lost the Kalos League against Alain. The fans specifically criticized the episode due to misleading trailers that suggested that Ash would win the battle and because Ash had lost all of the Pokémon Leagues in past seasons..."
...
Q. How do you fit 20,000 Pikachu's onto a bus ?
P.S. I'm NOT an anarchist ? - SWIM
EDIT:
* More Satire *
- https://youtu.be/iZNFKxeYZPA
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5100073.msg49624996#msg49624996
Page 9
"... Weeks later, I was in the kitchen of the house Wright was renting in London drinking
tea with him when I noticed a book on the worktop called Visions of Virtue in
Tokugawa Japan. Id done some mugging up by then and was keen to nail the name
thing.
So thats where you say you got the Nakamoto part? I asked. From the 18th-century
iconoclast who criticised all the beliefs of his time?
Yes.
What about Satoshi?
It means ash, he said. The philosophy of Nakamoto is the neutral central path in
trade. Our current system needs to be burned down and remade. That is what
cryptocurrency does it is the phoenix ...
So satoshi is the ash from which the phoenix ...
Yes. And Ash is also the name of a silly Pokémon character. The guy with Pikachu.
Wright smiled. In Japan the name of Ash is Satoshi, he said.
So, basically, you named the father of bitcoin after Pikachus chum?
Yes, he said. Thatll annoy the buggery out of a few people. This was something he
often said, as if annoying people was an art...."
...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Ketchum
"... Ash Ketchum, known as Satoshi (サトシ) in Japan, is a fictional character in the Pokémon franchise owned by Nintendo. He is the main protagonist of the Pokémon anime and certain manga series as well as on various merchandise related to the franchise..."
"... His English name is derived from the Japanese name (as the letters 'ash' are included in 'Satoshi') and his English motto, "Gotta Catch 'Em All"..."
"... Controversy
On August 18, 2016, the XYZ episode Kalos League Victory! Satoshi's Greatest Decisive Battle (カロスリーグ優勝！サトシ頂上決戦 Karosurīgu yūshō! Satoshi chōjō kessen) (Down to the Fiery Finish! in the English dub) faced criticism from fans when Ash lost the Kalos League against Alain. The fans specifically criticized the episode due to misleading trailers that suggested that Ash would win the battle and because Ash had lost all of the Pokémon Leagues in past seasons..."
...
Q. How do you fit 20,000 Pikachu's onto a bus ?
P.S. I'm NOT an anarchist ? - SWIM
EDIT:
* More Satire *
- https://youtu.be/iZNFKxeYZPA
- https://twitter.com/ProfFaustus/status/1095296293625360385
"I have also come to learn, I really do not like anarchist fools. They have their head up their ass and cannot understand reality nor that others do not want their "utopia" Honestly, this force you to be free crap."
- https://twitter.com/MADinMelbourne/status/1095292274211139587
"the trolls are coming out fast and thick again... so difficult to hear #bitcoin was designed to be legal, to make the existing system more efficient. Anarchists "libertarians" suffering with this knowledge #denial hurts."
- https://twitter.com/ProfFaustus/status/1095305896073330688
"I hope people understand, with Bitcoin and Metanet, there is now NO reason for that pseudo leak site- WikiLeaks to even exist. Have a nice life, you had an opportunity to be more than a bunch of socialist losers and do something right - you failed. Enjoy as we make you obsolete"
It is immutable (transcript).
