pseudonymous
adjective
pseu·don·y·mous
sü-ˈdä-nə-məs 
: bearing or using a fictitious name
a pseudonymous report
also
: being a pseudonym
pseudonymously
adverb
pseudonymousness
noun
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Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of bitcoin, has — maybe — been unmasked.
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Holly J. Morris, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
The quest to unmask Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin, has been going on for more than a decade now, and resulted in some embarrassing misfires.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
Avoid contamination: Don’t send emails between your real and pseudonymous accounts.
—Jp Aumasson, Wired News, 29 Nov. 2025
To reduce sensitive data, the system stores only pseudonymous resident profiles locally and doesn’t access cameras or microphones.
—Keivan Navaie, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
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Holly J. Morris, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
The quest to unmask Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin, has been going on for more than a decade now, and resulted in some embarrassing misfires.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
Avoid contamination: Don’t send emails between your real and pseudonymous accounts.
—Jp Aumasson, Wired News, 29 Nov. 2025
To reduce sensitive data, the system stores only pseudonymous resident profiles locally and doesn’t access cameras or microphones.
—Keivan Navaie, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Pseudonymous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pseudonymous. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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