Inventor of Hashcash and 55-year-old cryptographer Adam Back, on Wednesday, denied allegations in a New York Times report that he may be the inventor behind Bitcoin (BTC), Satoshi Nakamoto. “I'm not Satoshi, but I was early in laser focus on the positive societal implications of cryptography, online privacy and electronic cash,” Back said in a post on X. “Hence my ~1992 onwards active interest in applied research on ecash, privacy tech on cypherpunks list, which led to hashcash and other ideas.” {tweets} According to the New York Times report, Back not only had the skills and ideas to build Bitcoin, but also ... (full story)