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Breaking: Is Adam Back Satoshi Nakamoto? British Cryptographer Is Bitcoin Creator, According to NYT

British cryptographer Adam Back has denied being the pseudonymous Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.

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British cryptographer Adam Back has been forced to deny being the pseudonymous Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. His denial has come after investigative-reporter John Carreyrou accused him of being Nakamoto in a lengthy New York Times article.

While Back has already denied being Satoshi in response to the article - if ever confirmed, Back would be one of the richest people on Earth, with a current net worth of at least $78B if he has access to Satoshi's BTC stash - down from $134B at peak.

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Carreyrou is a Pullitzer Prize winning investigative reporter at the New York Times. He is the author of Bad Blood: Secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley Startup - and was the first to expose that a once darling Silicon Valley startup called Theranos, which had attracted investments from Rupert Murdoch, the Walton family, Betsy DeVos and Carlos Slim, had lied about the success of their blood testing technology. His work subsequently led to the arrest of Founder Elizabeth Holmes, and ultimately, the collapse of her $9 billion startup.

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Finn Grant

Finn is a writer, formerly of The Daily Telegraph and New Scientist magazine. Prior to his career in journalism, he founded a successful blogging agency. He has been an active participant in crypto markets since 2020. In his spare time, Finn writes sci-fi novels - see his X profile for more: @0xdjinnplant.

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