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I have met and interacted with Gavin Andresen and he seems to me to be a decent and intelligent person. Even decent and intelligent people can be fooled, so I feel that any animosity towards him is undeserved. Note also that he is not the only person that was fooled by CSW.
My belief is that Gavin probably felt that his certification was not really important because CSW stated that he was going to show the proof to the public. Then, when CSW's public proof turned out to be bogus, Gavin's certification led to his undoing.
Quite frankly I don't believe has was fooled. I believe he had an agenda and was perhaps somewhat complicate in some regard.
He did not (initially) subscribe to a
Glamor Response ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomar_responseand then seemingly took an ongoing position of deliberate ambiguity.
Gavin Andresen
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_AndresenThe "agenda" ... !?
Bitcoin XT
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin_XTGavin Andresen: I Might Take Over Lead of Bitcoin XT
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https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/gavin-andresen-i-might-take-over-lead-of-bitcoin-xt-1448486445Where is Gavin Andresen? The Quiet Exile of Bitcoin’s Former Face
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https://www.coindesk.com/where-is-gavin-andresen-the-quiet-exile-of-bitcoins-former-face...
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The order of things I would want satoshi to sign to 'prove' identity would be ...
1. The PGP Key.
2. The Genesis Block and/or block 1,2 etc.,
3. The block with the outgoing transaction to Hal Finney.
4. Then Login to either ning / P2P foundation account, forum account login and sourceforge login.
5. Old communications and being able to recall 'private' conversations etc.,
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"Quite possibly one of the worst #Faketoshi enabler's and supporters thus far, and in no particular order ...
1. Gavin "Bell" Andresen
2. Jon Matonis
3. Ian Grigg
4. George Gilder
5. Calvin Ayre "-
https://twitter.com/BitcoinFX_XBT/status/1320412165036216320