Famous Whistleblower Edward Snowden Feuds With “Fake Satoshi”

On the 14th anniversary of Bitcoin’s white paper, Edward Snowden put out a tweet.

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Snowden wrote, “14 years ago today, yet Satoshi remains anonymous. Remarkable.”

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Craig Wright, who claims himself to be the real Satoshi, replied, “I was never anonymous, you traitorous scum.”

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Snowden reminded Wright how a court two weeks ago reaffirmed that calling him a “pathetic scammer,” “cringe,” “clearly mentally ill,” and (repeatedly) a “fraud” was alright.

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Craig Wright had recently lost a case in court, where he claimed he was the real Satoshi Nakamoto and the firm calling him fraud is responsible for defaming him.

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Snowden also reminded Craig Wright to keep his story straight when he tries to tell Twitter he was never anonymous.

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“Dude can't even commit fraud properly. Just embarrassing,” Snowden added.

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