NYT Claims Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is British Cryptographer Adam Back
Key Takeaways: Other Satoshi suspects get brief treatment. Nick Szabo‘s candidacy has faded following technical missteps in a public debate. Peter Todd, HBO’s pick, was 23 when the white paper was published and provided photographic alibis for key dates. Hal Finney and Len Sassaman are both deceased, which conflicts with Satoshi’s 2015 reappearance. Back, for his part, has spent the past dozen years building Blockstream, a Bitcoin infrastructure company that raised $1 billion in funding and reached a valuation of $3.2 billion. He told a Las Vegas conference crowd last year that Bitcoin, then at $108,000, would reach “a million easy” in five to ten years. He said this from a stage organizers named after Satoshi Nakamoto. The mystery, after 17 years, remains exactly that.About Author
