[Cryptography] Study Suggests Link Between Dread Pirate Roberts and Satoshi Nak

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http://money.cnn.com/2013/11/27/technology/bitcoin-silk-road/
 
 
NEW  YORK (CNNMoney)
After suggesting earlier this week that a link existed between the  
creators of _Silk Road and Bitcoin_ 
(http://money.cnn.com/2013/11/25/technology/bitcoin-silk-road/index.html?iid=EL) , two Israeli computer  researchers have 
retracted their _report_ 
(http://i.cdn.turner.com/money/2013/images/11/25/silk-road-paper.pdf?iid=EL) .
The academic report had suggested that Satoshi Nakamoto, the  
yet-unidentified creator of virtual currency Bitcoin, gave an unusually large  sum of 
money to someone known as Dread Pirate Roberts, founder of the online  black 
market Silk Road 
However, the person accused of sending the money to the Silk Road founder  
turned out to be Dustin Trammell, a tech-savvy libertarian in Austin, Texas. 
In  actuality, he sent it to Mt. Gox, a Bitcoin exchange. Trammell said 
he's  communicated by email with the famous Satoshi, but that's it. 
"Unless I have split personalities and this is Fight Club, I definitely  am 
not Satoshi Nakamoto," Trammell recently wrote on his _blog_ 
(http://blog.dustintrammell.com/2013/11/26/i-am-not-satoshi/#more-386) . 
_Related: Bitcoin prices top $1,000_ 
(http://money.cnn.com/2013/11/27/investing/bitcoin-1000/index.html?iid=EL)  
The Weizmann Science Institute researchers, Dorit Ron and Adi Shamir,  
admitted that they were wrong, even though they said the link was merely a  
theory. 
"Now that a better explanation exists, we no longer believe that the  
[account] belonged to Satoshi," the researchers said in an email. 
In his blog, Trammell denied having any connection to Silk Road, saying  he 
made the large transfer of money to himself. That wouldn't be odd, given 
that  Bitcoin users often keep multiple digital wallets. 
But the man that federal authorities have arrested and accused of  
launching Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht, is from Austin too. Given the folklore  
surrounding Bitcoin and Silk Road, get ready for rumors that Trammell is Satoshi  
hiding in plain sight.  
(http://money.cnn.com/2013/11/27/technology/bitcoin-silk-road/?iid=EL#TOP) 
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