BREAKING: New York Times article, published today, concludes that Adam Back, a 55-year-old British computer scientist and cryptographer, is Satoshi Nakamoto.
ADAM BACK: I'm not satoshi, but I was early in laser focus on the positive societal implications of cryptography, online privacy and electronic cash, hence my ~1992 onwards active interest in applied research on ecash, privacy tech on cypherpunks list which led to hashcash and other ideas.
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