The New York Times published a year-long investigation on April 8, arguing that Blockstream CEO Adam Back, 55, is the most likely candidate for Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, based on writing analysis and archival research spanning 34,000 mailing list users. Back, a British cryptographer who invented the Hashcash proof-of-work system cited in Bitcoin’s white paper, denied the claim and attributed the evidence to coincidence. How the NYT Built Its Case Against Adam Back Reporter John Carreyrou, known for his Theranos investigation, spent over a year analyzing Satoshi’s known writings alongside thousands of posts from three cryptography mailing lists active between 1992 and 2008. With the help of AI projects editor Dylan Freedman, the team built a database of 134,308 posts from 620 candidates who had discussed digital money on the Cypherpunks, Cryptography, and Hashcash lists