BitMEX research identifies Amy Jade Winehouse as Satoshi Nakamoto

Too soon to move on from Adam Back as Satoshi Nakamoto? 17 years later, BitMEX research identified Amy Jade Winehouse as the anonymous creator of Bitcoin. After the New York Times publication, this research appears to be a mockery or a theatre to anyone who has been in the Bitcoin space for a while.

Who is Amy Jade Winehouse? Born on September 14, 1983, and died on July 23, 2011, Amy was a British singer, songwriter, and musician known for her powerful contralto voice, raw autobiographical lyrics, and a unique blend of soul, jazz, R&B, and retro influences.

In the last couple of years, many people have been publicly speculated upon, accused, or named as possible Satoshis in media reports, documentaries, books, forum discussions, and investigations. What makes Amy Jade Winehouse the one? BitMEX makes it clear, “The case is finally closed. I have removed any lingering doubt in my mind that I have found the right woman.”

British enough to be Satoshi Nakamoto?

According to BitMEX’s research, their first piece of evidence is a British connection. Per on-chain data, Bitcoin’s first block had an embedded text from a newspaper headline: “The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.” 

The specific headline under discussion was published in the British edition of The Times of London, not its international or web edition, since it mentioned the name of the chancellor, “Alistair Darling.” According to BitMEX, anyone of British origin meets the first criterion to be Satoshi Nakamoto – that’s around 68 million Satoshi’s.

The second Brit clue is that Amy Jade Winehouse was also a British national living in London, Camden. Her death is of great concern. Three months prior to her death, on 26 April 2011, Satoshi sent the last on-chain communication.

According to the exposee, this explains why Satoshi never spent any of the coins mined in 2009.

Amy Jade Winehouse tied to Adam Back

According to BitMEX, Amy released her last studio album, “Back to Black,” on 27 October 2006 as a tribute to Adam Back, who developed the Proof of Work concept used in Bitcoin through HashCash.

It is also interesting to note that, just slightly less than two years later, Satoshi published the Bitcoin whitepaper, once more referring to Adam Back, just as Amy did in naming her album.

It took Satoshi 18 months to develop Bitcoin. This is an exact match for BitMEX, considering that the period elapsed between Amy’s final album and the launch of the Bitcoin White Paper.

And then the UK Spectator Magazine ran an article claiming that Satoshi was none other than “Adam Black,” whereas Adam’s last name is actually “Back” and not “Black”. Now, was it a coincidence? 

The Spectator Magazine is owned by the billionaire hedge fund manager Sir Paul Marshal of Marshall Wace, who knows his onions. There is simply no way that Sir Paul would allow such a thing to slip into the magazine.

Celebrity album timelines have also made it to identifying Satoshi Nakamoto. Mixing “Back” with “Black” so we would think of “Back to Black,” Amy’s final album.

This is not the first time BitMEX has pinned Amy Winehouse as Satoshi Nakamoto. Their ‘exposee’ comes on the back of many years of satirical data and small clues.

Amy Jade Winehouse was a smart Libertarian

According to Juliette Ashby, who had been Amy’s lifelong friend since she was four years old, speaking in an interview in 2025, Winehouse was considered to be “highly intelligent.” 

Winehouse had used drugs illegally for her enjoyment. In this sense, it would be quite logical to deduce that Winehouse disagreed with laws that prohibited the use of drugs and that she had been violating those laws. 

The legalization of drugs is a typical stance for libertarians. Libertarians usually believe that everyone is entitled to do what he or she wants, provided it harms no one else.

Satoshi was also a libertarian, and she even knew that the Bitcoin system would appeal to people who had a “libertarian perspective”. To that end, all liberals are marked as Satoshi Nakamoto. In the end, we are all Satoshi.

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