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BITCOIN CREATOR CRAIG WRIGHT NO OBI-WAN

Patrick DurkinBOSS Deputy editor
May 3, 2016 – 11.45pm
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The local bitcoin community grudgingly admits Australian Craig Steven Wright
bears the hallmarks of Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious founder of the
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Not that they are particularly pleased.



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