Переможець Пулітцерівської премії журналіст The New York Times повідомив, що Адам Бек — «засновник біткоїна», що спричинило жваве обговорення

The New York Times reporter, John Carreyrou, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, is known for his book “Bad Blood.” Recently, he published a major investigative report in which he believes that the real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto is very possibly the British cryptographer Adam Back. This is not the first time Back has been accused of being Satoshi Nakamoto. He has once again denied and reiterated that he is not Satoshi Nakamoto, but if Satoshi Nakamoto is not Asian or White, could he be Black? A netizen on X changed Back’s name to Adam Black and added a picture with a caption, which prompted Back himself to protest in the comments below: it’s not Back, it’s Black—please correct it!

Pulitzer Prize winner, with AI-supported field investigation, points to Back as the founder of Bitcoin

The New York Times reporter John Carreyrou published an in-depth investigative report, claiming that the anonymous longtime Bitcoin BTC inventor “Satoshi Nakamoto” is actually the British cryptographer Adam Back. This investigation combines artificial intelligence analysis and forensic linguistics, attempting to unravel the mystery of a digital identity that has troubled the financial industry since 2008, sparking intense interest within the cryptocurrency community.

Carreyrou, known for exposing Silicon Valley’s fraud case “Bad Blood,” this time collaborated with an artificial intelligence expert. He conducted a cross-comparison over 18 months of more than 130k emails and online forum posts, finding that Back’s writing habits are highly consistent with those of Satoshi Nakamoto. These include mixing American and British-style spellings, using double spaces at the end of sentences, and recurring misuse of “its” and “it’s,” among other traits. Leonard, a linguistics expert at Hofstra University, said these specific grammar habits are like a “syntactic fingerprint,” allowing for effective identification of the author’s professional background and geographic origin. In addition, the “HashCash” proof-of-work algorithm, invented by Back in 1997, is precisely the technical core of the mining mechanism described in the Bitcoin whitepaper.

The involved party denies again, emphasizing decentralized values

In response to the New York Times report, Back, 55, CEO of blockchain technology company Blockstream, immediately issued a statement on the social platform X, firmly denying that he is Satoshi Nakamoto. Back emphasized that he does not know the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto. He believes that having the inventor remain anonymous has positive significance for Bitcoin, helping the market view it as a kind of mathematically scarce digital commodity. Although Back showed a guarded posture in interviews—so much so that he was recorded exhibiting subtle body-language unease—he has consistently maintained that he is only an early participant in the Cypherpunks movement. His focus is on protecting personal communication freedom through cryptography, not on being the founder who controls massive assets. Even though the involved party strongly denies it, Back has invested in many Bitcoin companies; the most famous is Japan’s first Bitcoin reserve company Metaplanet. He has also said at a Bitcoin conference that in the end, all companies will become Bitcoinized.

Digital footprints reveal semantic traits and hidden connections

Further analysis based on the report indicates that there is a large overlap of rare vocabulary between Satoshi Nakamoto’s and Back’s digital footprints, such as “a menace to the network” and “abandonware.” The investigation team used advanced search features to compare multiple potential candidates and found that only Back fully matches these special linguistic traits. Carreyrou believes Back may have used complex concealment methods, including communicating via email with Satoshi Nakamoto using personal names, attempting to create the illusion that the two are different individuals. If this investigation proves to be true, the scientist who graduated from the University of Exeter would hold about 1.1 million bitcoins in the Satoshi Nakamoto account. Based on current market conditions, his net worth could be as high as 70 billion USD.

Are we all Satoshi Nakamoto? Where is Satoshi Nakamoto from?

Dorian Nakamoto, the guy who is often turned into a meme online, is a Japanese-American. He himself also firmly denies that he is Satoshi Nakamoto, but the image has already become an evergreen meme. Satoshi Nakamoto is anonymous, of course people from different countries or races can be Satoshi Nakamoto too. As the investigative report gained traction, social media also saw all kinds of discussion and trolling about Back’s identity. One netizen on the X platform changed his name to “Adam Black” and added an image to hint at his ethnic background; this made Back himself unhappy. He personally left a comment asking for the name spelling to be corrected. This little incident reflects that public speculation about Satoshi Nakamoto’s identity has gone beyond the technical level and become something funny. Even though the New York Times提出 detailed linguistic evidence, because the Satoshi Nakamoto genesis key has never been activated, there is still a lack of direct cryptographic evidence proving that Back is indeed the person.

This article, in which a Pulitzer Prize winner, New York Times reporter report, claims that Adam Back is the “founder of Bitcoin,” has sparked heated discussion. It first appeared on 鏈新聞 ABMedia.