Machine-learning engineer and journalist, A.I. Initiatives @nytimes.com
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Dylan Freedman
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Want to read more? Here’s gift links to two articles:
- In-depth read: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/b...
- Just the takeaways: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/b...
US companies have skirted at least $40 billion in taxes since the beginning of 2025 thanks to schemes in places like Malta, Bermuda and Cyprus
Report by @jessedrucker.bsky.social and @dylanfreedman.nytimes.com for @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/b...
ATL airport this afternoon. Practically empty.
#2: Advanced grammar analysis
Satoshi seemed pathologically incapable of hyphenating correctly. We used the help of A.I. to assess 325 distinct errors of this nature (beyond old-school grammar checkers’ capabilities).
Adam Back shared this trait and had by far the most matches.
#3: Writing tics
John devoted months to compiling specific traits he noticed in Satoshi’s writing. We screened for posters who followed them: discussing digital money, using British spellings, confusing “its” and “it’s,” and so on.
Eventually, just one remained: Adam Back
#1: Synonym-less words
Our prime suspect, Adam Back, had mused about staying anonymous online by using dropdown menus to select synonyms when sending out a message.
We analyzed who matched the most words not found in a thesaurus with Satoshi (often tech jargon). It was Back.
The mystery of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin, has remained unsolved for 17 years. Read my 18-month investigation to find out who Satoshi really is.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/b...
I spent months helping @johncarreyrou.bsky.social crack the identity of Satoshi. We went far beyond surface-level evidence, collecting hundreds of thousands of internet mailing list posts from 1992-2008.
Here are three analyses we performed to find someone who didn’t want to be found:
The mystery of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin, has remained unsolved for 17 years. Read my 18-month investigation to find out who Satoshi really is.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/b...
