But
past
efforts
by
investigative
journalists
to
find
the
true
identity
of
Satoshi
have
failed.
In
2014,
Newsweek
journalist
Leah
McGrath
Goodman
published
a
story
called
“The
Face
Behind
Bitcoin,”
identifying
a
California-based
Japanese-American
man
named
Dorian
Satoshi
Nakamoto
as
the
creator
of
Bitcoin.
But
Dorian
Nakamoto
denied
that
he’d
ever
heard
of
Bitcoin,
and
categorically
denied
being
its
creator.
Goodman’s
story
was
then
thoroughly
debunked
by
other
journalists.
The
following
year,
tech
publication
WIRED
published
a
(now
heavily-updated)
article
suggesting
that
Australian
computer
scientist
Craig
Wright
could
be
the
inventor
of
Bitcoin.
After
the
article
came
out,
Wright
went
on
a
media
blitz,
telling
publications
like
the
BBC,
the
Economist
and
GQ
that
he
was
Satoshi.
But
it
didn’t
take
long
for
Wright’s
story
to
begin
unraveling
–
and
it
became
clear
that
Wright,
who
has
a
history
of
questionable
business
dealings
and
behavior
–
was
making
the
whole
thing
up,
likely
as
a
cover
for
his
still-ongoing
issues
with
the
Australian
Tax
Office,
as
well
as
to
make
money
(and
a
name
for
himself)
by
copyrighting
the
Bitcoin
white
paper.