Noticed this "new" story has been pushed hard by the NYT lately few articles in the past few weeks:

Curiously mentioned just before these artisles went out here on SN 

'I am not Satoshi,' says Adam Back on bitcoin creator theory

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Here another hypothesis!

![Unraveling the Mystery Behind Bitcoin’s Creator - Our investigative reporter John Carreyrou spent 18 months digging through the archives of online cryptography communities in search of the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous inventor of bitcoin. By John Carreyrou, Sutton Raphael, James Surdam, Coleman Lowndes and Joey Sendaydiego](https://m.stacker.news/138641)

Noticed this "new" story has been pushed hard by the NYT lately few articles in the past few weeks:

* `April 8, 2026` - [My Quest to Solve Bitcoin’s Great Mystery](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/business/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto-identity-adam-back.html) by [John Carreyrou](https://www.nytimes.com/by/john-carreyrou)
* `April 8, 2026` - [Adam Back Denies He Is Satoshi Nakamoto in Response to Times Investigation](https://archive.md/vPCnN) by [Kailyn Rhone](https://www.nytimes.com/by/kailyn-rhone)
* `April 8, 2026` - [4 Takeaways From Our Search for Bitcoin’s Creator](https://archive.md/EqJJZ) by [John Carreyrou](https://www.nytimes.com/by/john-carreyrou) with [Dylan Freedman](https://www.nytimes.com/by/dylan-freedman)
* `April 16, 2026` - [Bitcoin’s Greatest Mystery](https://archive.md/vPCnN) by [Katrin Bennhold](https://www.nytimes.com/by/katrin-bennhold)

  ...and an [initial video](https://www.nytimes.com/video/business/100000010821603/unraveling-the-mystery-behind-bitcoins-creator.html) and an [interview](https://www.nytimes.com/video/podcasts/the-daily/100000010832771/unmasking-the-creator-of-bitcoin.html)

![Unmasking the Creator of Bitcoin - The Daily’s Natalie Kitroeff and The New York Times Investigative Reporter John Carreyrou talk to Adam Back - the man Carreyrou believes is Bitcoin’s pseudonymous founder Satoshi Nakamoto. By The Daily Team](https://m.stacker.news/138642)

Curiously mentioned just before these artisles went out here on SN https://stacker.news/items/1464720/r/supratic on `April 4, 2026`, coincidence?ere final

Here final declaration by Adam at CNBC *'I am not Satoshi,' says Adam Back on bitcoin creator theory*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ql-xCNBElk

`+` Bloomberg...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A56oZAs7ZQ