Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto has established a crowdsourced legal fund that could be used to sue Newsweek for reporting he was the mysterious creator of digital currency Bitcoin.

The 65-year-old jobless California engineer, whom Newsweek named as the mastermind behind Bitcoin in a March cover story, is the focus of a website called Newsweek Lied. It’s seeking funds to pay for a lawsuit against Newsweek, saying it “must be held accountable for its reckless reporting.”

The site says it has Nakamoto’s endorsement for its Legal Defense Fund, adding his family was confused and alienated by the article.

Newsweek has not retracted the story despite Nakamoto’s denials that he was involved with Bitcoin. The magazine noted the denial in an online appended statement by Nakamoto.

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