Newsweek Reporter Identifies Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto

Leah McGrath Goodman, reporting for Newsweek:

He stands not with defiance, but with the slackness of a person who has waged battle for a long time and now faces a grave loss.

Two police officers from the Temple City, Calif., sheriff’s department flank him, looking puzzled. “So, what is it you want to ask this man about?” one of them asks me. “He thinks if he talks to you he’s going to get into trouble.”

“I don’t think he’s in any trouble,” I say. “I would like to ask him about Bitcoin. This man is Satoshi Nakamoto.”

“What?” The police officer balks. “This is the guy who created Bitcoin? It looks like he’s living a pretty humble life.”

Contrary to most speculation, “Satoshi Nakamoto” is not a pseudonym. That’s his real name.

★ Thursday, 6 March 2014