In a video filmed alongside Andreas M. Antonopoulos, who is writing a book about bitcoin, Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto again says he’s not Satoshi Nakamoto, bitcoin’s founder. Newsweek last month said he was.
“Of course if I was the real creator I would never use my real name,” Nakamoto says. He says he received a bitcoin account from Antonopoulos and is “very thankful for you, all these people in U.S., Europe, in Asia, in Africa, in South America who supported me throughout.” He says 2,000 people donated. “I’ll keep my bitcoin account for many, many years, and hopefully I can also contribute as you did to me,” Nakamoto says.
Last month, Nakamoto said he’d hired a lawyer and that his “prospects for gainful employment has been harmed because of Newsweek’s article.” Newsweek issued a statement March 7 saying it stands by its story.
