Leah McGrath Goodman

Authored Newsweek's 2014 "Face Behind Bitcoin" story that misidentified Dorian Nakamoto as Satoshi

3 entries

Event March 6, 2014 Added June 27, 2026 Updated November 9, 2026 Analysis

Was Dorian Nakamoto Satoshi? The man whose legal name was, literally, Satoshi Nakamoto

Dorian Nakamoto ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto, Hal Finney, Leah McGrath Goodman

His legal name was, literally, Satoshi Nakamoto — and a 2014 Newsweek cover story named him. The evidence, weighed.

Event October 31, 2008 Added April 30, 2026 Updated November 9, 2026 Analysis

Why hasn't Satoshi been found? An asymmetry analysis of the public record

Satoshi Nakamoto ↔ Gavin Andresen, Adam Back, Wei Dai, Hal Finney, Nick Szabo, Craig Wright, Dorian Nakamoto, Peter Todd, Sergio Demian Lerner, Jameson Lopp, Leah McGrath Goodman, Andy Greenberg, Nathaniel Popper, Cullen Hoback, John Carreyrou, James Mellor

Satoshi has been hunted in public for years and left a large trail of material, yet remains unidentified. Why all that searching and all that material have not led to a name.

Event March 6, 2014 Added February 8, 2026 Updated October 13, 2026 Article

Newsweek claims to identify Satoshi Nakamoto as Dorian Nakamoto

Leah McGrath Goodman ↔ Dorian Nakamoto, Satoshi Nakamoto

Newsweek publishes 'The Face Behind Bitcoin,' identifying Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto, a 64-year-old Japanese-American man living in Temple City, California, as Bitcoin's creator.