{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "bskyPostRef": {
    "cid": "bafyreiehafyatpgw2dtaur7v2wqextysard67u4fughwrs4t4jg3ggixbu",
    "uri": "at://did:plc:kyxdufbi5qaljy7bxivztuhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjye6st2lmk2"
  },
  "path": "/blog/archives/2026/04/is-satoshi-nakamoto-really-adam-back.html",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-20T11:07:25.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.schneier.com",
  "tags": [
    "Uncategorized",
    "bitcoin",
    "cryptocurrency",
    "pseudonymity",
    "long article"
  ],
  "textContent": "The _New York Times_ has a long article where the author lays out an impressive array of circumstantial evidence that the inventor of Bitcoin is the cypherpunk Adam Back.\n\nI don’t know. The article is convincing, but it’s written to be convincing.\n\nI can’t remember if I ever met Adam. I was a member of the Cypherpunks mailing list for a while, but I was never really an active participant. I spent more time on the Usenet newsgroup sci.crypt. I knew a bunch of the Cypherpunks, though, from various conferences around the world at the time. I really have no opinion about who Satoshi Nakamoto really is...",
  "title": "Is “Satoshi Nakamoto” Really Adam Back?"
}