Adam Back’s own denial that he #is-Satoshi. #Bitcoin
on 02026-04-08Austin Hill is unconvinced by Carreyrou’s claims that Back #is-Satoshi, pointing out that he never talked to gmaxwell. #Bitcoin
on 02026-04-08Raph #Levien is unconvinced that Adam Back #is-Satoshi. And dnnehgf points out glaring stylistic differences around “).”, “(ie”, and “(eg”. #Bitcoin
on 02026-04-08archive of John Carreyrou’s NYT article at <https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/business/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto-identity-adam-back.html> claiming Adam Back #is-Satoshi, largely on the basis that he was inactive on #Bitcoin during almost precisely the time when Satoshi was active, and some inconclusive stylometric data, plus lots of unconvincing stuff that adds up to “Satoshi was a cypherpunk, and so was Adam Back”. Oh, and then some more convincing hyphenation data. #history
on 02026-04-08