Satoshi Nakamoto Identity
New York Times investigation suggests Adam Back as likely candidate for Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of Bitcoin, but he denies involvement, discussions sparked about true identity.
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BREAKING: New York Times article, published today, concludes that Adam Back, a 55-year-old British computer scientist and cryptographer, is Satoshi Nakamoto.
Bitcoin’s founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, has remained hidden for 17 years. A trail of clues — and a year of digging by our reporter, John Carreyrou — led us to a 55-year-old computer scientist in El Salvador named Adam Back.
The mystery of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin, has remained unsolved for 17 years. Not anymore. Read my 18-month investigation to find out who Satoshi really is.
Hi. Professional C/C++ programmer here. The open-source code I can find written by Adam Back and Satoshi Nakamoto don't look remotely similar.
Back's code looks typical of academic Unix programmers who also hack their code to run on Windows.
Satoshi code was written by a
Mystery Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto reportedly identified as a British tech figure who may be worth $70bn
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