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News Summary

  • A New York Times investigation suggests Adam Back could be Satoshi Nakamoto.
  • Back is a British cryptographer who conducted influential early research about digital assets.
  • He created Hashcash, the proof-of-work system that Satoshi used to mine Bitcoin.
  • Back denies that he is Satoshi and says the evidence is a "combination of coincidence and similar phrases from people with similar experience and interests" He is now the co-founder and CEO of Blockstream, a company building infrastructure for blockchain-based payment systems.
The identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym of the creator of Bitcoin, remains a longrunning mystery. But according to a new investigation published in the New York Times, Satoshi could be Adam [+1966 chars]

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