Is Adam Back Actually Satoshi? The NYT Think So — He Says 'Lol, No'
The New York Times dropped circumstantial receipts, Adam Back dropped a denial, and crypto Twitter is losing its mind
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Let's set the scene: it's 2025, Bitcoin is a trillion-dollar asset class, and the New York Times just published a piece suggesting that Adam Back — CEO of Blockstream, cypherpunk legend, and guy who literally invented Hashcash (the proof-of-work concept baked into Bitcoin's DNA) — might actually be Satoshi Nakamoto. Back's response? A very calm, very practiced 'nope.' On Bloomberg. Very publicly.
The receipts are... interesting. Back received the first email Satoshi ever sent in August 2008 — before the whitepaper dropped. They exchanged messages in fall 2008 and spring 2009. Then Satoshi ghosted the world in 2011, which is honestly a power move regardless of who did it. Meanwhile, a $616B AUM firm like Cambridge Associates is out here telling clients to diversify away from crowded US mega-caps — which, ironically, wouldn't exist without the crypto wave Back helped spark.
Deny it all you want, Adam — but getting the first email from the person who invented money-on-the-internet is not a normal Tuesday.