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875 NYT Claims Adam Back Is Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/08/2026 17:07 EDT

NYT Claims Adam Back Is Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto

A New York Times investigation by John Carreyrou claims a British cryptographer named Adam Back is the strongest circumstantial candidate yet for being Satoshi Nakamoto. The report citing overlaps in writing style, ideology, technical background, and old posts that outlined key parts of Bitcoin years before its launch. Carreyrou is a renowned investigative journalist and author, best known for exposing the massive fraud at Theranos while at the Wall Street Journal. Here's an excerpt from the report: ... As.

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