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The New York Times published a 12,000-word investigation on April 8, 2026, naming Adam Back — Hashcash inventor and Blockstream CEO — as Bitcoin's creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Back denied it six times in two hours. Here's what the evidence actually shows.
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