العودة إلى الخلف: نيويورك تايمز تضع هدف ساتوشي على Adam Back مرة أخرى حيث أن مخزون BTC بقيمة 78 مليار دولار يثير مخاوف أمنية

Another mainstream attempt to identify the creator of Bitcoin has landed on Adam Back , the British cryptographer and Blockstream co-founder. This week, The New York Times published a sprawling investigation arguing that Back is the person behind the Satoshi Nakamoto pseudonym, leaning heavily on stylometric analysis of writing and decades-old online records. Back immediately and categorically denied the claim on X, saying : I am not Satoshi. Adam Back CEO & Co-Founder • Blockstream Share on View Profile However, inside the Bitcoin development ecosystem, the louder question is no longer whether this latest theory is clever or conclusive. It is a question of physical safety: what happens to the next living person targeted? For the cypherpunks and developers maintaining the world's largest cryptocurrency network, being unmasked as Satoshi Nakamoto is not an abstract honor. It is a massive security liability. Why this matters Each new attempt to pin Bitcoin’s origin on a living person shifts the story from internet mystery to real-world exposure. With Satoshi-linked wallets now valued in the tens of billions of dollars, even a weak public attribution can create security, legal, and reputational consequences far beyond the evidence behind it. Data from Arkham Intelligence showed that dormant wallets associated with Satoshi hold an estimated 1.1 million Bitcoin. With the asset currently trading above $72,000, attributing that stash to an individual implies a net worth of roughly $78 billion. Satoshi Nakamoto Bitcoin Holdings (Source: Arkham Intelligence) And considering Bitcoin's most recent all-time high was above $126,000, the perceived fortune is often calculated to be much higher. So, falsely portraying ordinary people as the owners of this immense, inaccessible wealth exposes them to extortion, robbery, and cartel-level kidnapping risks. Related Reading Peter Todd slams HBO for putting his life in danger by calling him Bitcoin's creator Todd has gone into hiding due