1004, 2026
New York Times Names Adam Back as Bitcoin’s Creator — But the Evidence Falls Short
The longest-running mystery in cryptocurrency has a new chapter. On 8 April, the New York Times published a 12,000-word investigation by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Carreyrou arguing that British cryptographer Adam Back — the 55-year-old inventor of Hashcash and CEO of Blockstream — is the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto.
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