What are some of the Bitcoin inaccuracies in the CBS Show "The Good Wife"? The CBS Show "The Good Wife" had a series of shows speaking about the Bitcoin and its creation. Although the show is entertaining, it is prudent for those of you who know the truth to record it for historical purposes, not letting the TV drama perpetuate inaccuracies.

In case you haven't seen it, you can look here: http://www.cbs.com/shows/the_good_wife/video/2186658794/the-good-wife-bitcoin-for-dummies

For example:  Is there a Bitcoin manifesto written by Mr. Nakamoto?  Is it possible to embed a character string in the block chain?  Was Bitcoin incorporated?  Was there a lawyer involved who paid people to write code?  Has anyone accused Mr. Nakamoto of being a lawyer? (sorry Sir, I know this is a low blow).  Is Decode-a-thon the name of the conference where all the cryptologists go?
Is there a Bitcoin manifesto written by Mr. Nakamoto?


Not really. Satoshi wrote some political stuff, but not much. Mostly he focused on the technical issues. This article is the most political thing Satoshi wrote, and it sounds kind of like a manifesto:
http://p2pfoundation.ning.com/forum/topics/bitcoin-open-source

The line from the show was very unlike anything ever written by Satoshi, though.


  Is it possible to embed a character string in the block chain?


Yes. Anyone can do it. Run strings -n 20 on blk0001.dat and you'll see all of the strings that people have put into the chain.

Notably, the very first Bitcoin block (created by Satoshi) contains this text:


  The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks


Also, after The Good Wife someone actually put "Stack is innocent" into the chain. :-)


  Was Bitcoin incorporated?


No. Still isn't.


  Was there a lawyer involved who paid people to write code?


As far as is publicly known, no one was ever paid for Bitcoin coding until after Satoshi left.