New Investigation Points to British Cryptographer as Mysterious Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto

The New York Times has published a new investigation suggesting that British-American cryptography expert Adam Back could be Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of bitcoin whose identity has remained hidden for 17 years. Bitcoin's anonymous founder is believed to be among the world's wealthiest individuals, but has successfully concealed their identity despite numerous journalistic investigations over the past 15 years. The real identity of Nakamoto remains one of the cryptocurrency world's greatest unsolved mysteries, as the person or group behind the pseudonym disappeared from public communications in 2011 after launching the revolutionary digital currency system.