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British cryptographer Adam Back denies NYT report that he is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto

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  1. Adam Back denies being Satoshi Nakamoto.

  2. The New York Times published an investigation on the matter.

  3. Journalist John Carreyrou collected cryptography listserv emails from 1992–2008 for analysis.

  4. Carreyrou used AI to compare writing styles between Satoshi and other posters.

  5. Back created Hashcash and is co-founder and CEO of Blockstream; he wrote on X that the alleged matches are coincidental.

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