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 There are far more Faketoshi frauds out there than you might imagine. You just don't hear about them because they are so obviously unhinged that their rants get completely ignored.

Pretty sure this is the manifestation of a specific type of mental illness. 
 It’s Faketoshi Deranged Syndrome (FDS) 
 it's a part of sociopathy. the person has an image they want the world to believe in, and they use every form of deception they can to get the desired confirmation feedback from other people. 
 Being someone you’re not is the soup du jour these days. Faketoshi or other… 
 I'm not even sure why this on you radar right now but I'm satoshi you dumb cranky bitch
You can get over it  
 I’m actually interested in who else has made the claim? I’ve done a lot of research on the topic and only one comes to mind 
 I’ll send a request to be added in the DSM-6 
 Textbook Satochosis  
 If you knew 50% or 60% of what was required to make bitcoin back in 2008, and held the appropriate views that would motivate you to do so, you have a reasonably good model of the type of person who could actually do it.  Most obviously do not fit.