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Adam Back

English cryptographer
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    Satoshi Nakamoto

    …depend on third parties; and Adam Back, a British cryptographer identified as the founder in a New York Times investigation published in 2026. Dorian Nakamoto, Szabo, and Back have denied being Satoshi Nakamoto. Finney died in 2014, but much circumstantial evidence has been cited against his being Nakamato. Craig Wright,…

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    …depend on third parties; and Adam Back, a British cryptographer identified as the founder in a New York Times investigation published in 2026. Dorian Nakamoto, Szabo, and Back have denied being Satoshi Nakamoto. Finney died in 2014, but much circumstantial evidence has been cited against his being Nakamato. Craig Wright,…

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