Bitcoin enthusiasts know how it works inside out. They also know the nickname of its creator: Satoshi Nakamoto. That said, everyone also knows that this is not his true identity. Many people believed, at one time, to guess his name, without success. But is this the end of the suspense? According to information from New York Times relay on it Daily Mailand after a long investigation involving artificial intelligence software and linguistic experts, this man would be Adam Back.
This 55-year-old Briton, who holds a doctorate in computer science from the University of Exeter, notably founded the company Blockstream in 2014. He is also described as the pioneer of decentralized digital currencyused for encrypted transactions between individuals without the need for a central bank. If this lead, making him the most credible candidate to date (according to New York Times), were to be confirmed, he would then be at the head of a small fortune: more than $78 billion (at the current price) because Satoshi Nakamoto “mined” 1.1 million coins during the birth of bitcoin in 2008.
Linguistic similarities
Very quickly, the Briton reacted on the social network ne pas ªtre Satoshiand adding “not knowing who Satoshi is”. “I think this is a good thing for bitcoin because it helps it be seen as a new asset class, the mathematically rare digital commodity.” However, the investigation of New York Times turns out to be serious, based in particular on the exchanges between Adam Back and the creator of bitcoin.
Thus, over time, specialists would have noted similitudes d’écriture between Adam Back and Satoshi Nakamoto. In total, the New York Times would have noted a hundred words standing out. This list of words captured an idiosyncratic dialect alternating between English and American. And if Adam Back regularly makes typos when he writes online, unlike Satoshi, the two men share linguistic “quirks”, in terms of spelling or grammar.
Adam Back déjà lié à Satoshi Nakamoto
Many similarities, which may seem insignificant at first glance, but which reassured the experts during their investigation. This is not not the first time that Back is linked to the origin of bitcoin. In 2024, as part of a documentary broadcast for HBO on the mysteries of bitcoin, Adam Back was questioned and even cornered while he was in Latvia. He was appeared on defense while vehemently denying being its creator.
He also wanted the interview to be kept secret. But today, without proof, it is impossible to say that he is Satoshi Nakamoto, especially since the stakes are enormous : financial, because he would be at the head of an enormous fortune, but also regulatory. As the founder of Blockstream, a leader in the development of applications related to bitcoin and blockchain technology, such a revelation would have serious consequences.
