Using linguistic analysis, researchers identified Back as the closest match to the writing style of Satoshi Nakamoto, the person or group behind Bitcoin’s creation in 2008.
A Gap In The Data The Times Found Hard To IgnoreThe numbers were specific. Researchers catalogued 325 hyphenation quirks found in Satoshi’s writing. Back matched 67 of them. The second closest candidate matched only 38.
Investigators also noted shared writing habits — British spellings, consistent hyphenation patterns, double spacing between sentences, and alternating use of “e-mail” and “email.”
Many researchers were exploring digital cash concepts at the same time, he said, so overlapping technical ideas are not evidence of a shared identity. He also stated clearly that he does not know who Satoshi is.
Back Argues That Satoshi’s Unknown Identity Protects BitcoinAccording to Back, a founderless currency is more likely to be treated as a standalone asset class rather than the project of a single person. The mystery, in his view, is a feature rather than a problem.
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