Linguistic Researchers Name Nick Szabo as Author of Bitcoin Whitepaper
16 April, 2014
A group of forensic linguistics experts from Aston University believe the real creator of bitcoin is former law professor Nick Szabo.
This is not the first time Szabo has been outed as the ‘real’ Satoshi Nakamoto. Last December researcher Skye Grey analyzed the now infamous bitcoin whitepaper and came to the same conclusion.
Linguistic analysis is a technique often employed by criminal investigators and intelligence agencies, among other organisations. While it is not a foolproof method, in many cases it is the only means of gathering vital intelligence from documents.