On April 9th, PANews reported that Blockstream CEO Adam Back published an article on the X platform, again denying that he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the founder of Bitcoin. He stated that the conclusions of New York Times investigative reporter John Carreyrou suffer from "selective attribution": because Carreyrou is very active on cypherpunk mailing lists, posting far more than others, he is more likely to leave comments on topics such as e-cash, making it easier for investigators to associate his statements with Nakamoto—a statistical bias. Back believes the remaining evidence is coincidence and the result of people with similar experiences and interests using similar wording. He pointed out that Nakamoto needed specific skills and experience to invent Bitcoin, and that he and many others, in their previous decade of design attempts, "seemed very close to the final solution, but ultimately failed to grasp the core." Back stated that he does not know who Nakamoto is, and he believes that the unknown state of Nakamoto's identity is beneficial to Bitcoin, helping it to be seen as a mathematically scarce digital commodity and thus a separate asset class.

Earlier yesterday, the New York Times published an investigative article claiming that British cryptographer Adam Back may be Satoshi Nakamoto .