The mystery surrounding Bitcoin's creator may have edged closer to resolution, but Adam Back, a British cryptographer, has denied being Satoshi Nakamoto.
A report in The New York Times argues that Back had developed nearly all the core ideas behind Bitcoin at least a decade before Nakamoto published the cryptocurrency's white paper in 2008.
Back rejected the claim, calling the investigation a case of 'confirmation bias' built on coincidences.
He said he was involved in early discussions on digital money, but did not create Bitcoin.
The investigation rests on four key strands: Back's early articulation of Bitcoin-like ideas; parallels between his work and Nakamoto's; a pattern in his online activity that appears to mirror Nakamoto's emergence and disappearance; and similarities in their writing styles.
