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Newsweek names Dorian Nakamoto as Satoshi

A cover story identified a 64-year-old engineer in Temple City, California, as Bitcoin's creator.

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The case drew on his name, an engineering career that included classified defence contracting, and family members' descriptions of his temperament. He denied any connection to Bitcoin, and most of the community dismissed the evidence as circumstantial.