New York Times investigation identifies Adam Back, CEO of Canadian crypto infrastructure company Blockstream, as the likely creator of Bitcoin. Back, a British-born cryptographer and inventor of Hashcash, co-founded Blockstream in 2014, which raised over 822 million CAD and achieved unicorn status valued at 5.5 billion CAD in 2021. The Times analysis compared Back's early writings with those of Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto using AI-powered style analysis. Back has denied the claims, stating he doesn't know Nakamoto's true identity and believes Bitcoin benefits from remaining pseudonymous. This marks another chapter in the ongoing mystery surrounding Bitcoin's mysterious founder, with multiple investigations over the years proposing different candidates.
