All you need to know about this "quest": https://xcancel.com/austinhill/status/2041986130871251141
Plus, the most obvious reason that Adam Back is not Satoshi is that he'd absolutely take credit for Bitcoin if he could. And he would have put an end to Craig Wright's legal circus. The most plausible explanation is that Satoshi is either dead or incapacitated.
> The most plausible explanation is that Satoshi is either dead or incapacitated.
He could have lost the key and doesn't want to be a target or ridiculed. Happened to a lot of people.
Look at his comment here, then you will realize why it’s definitely Back. And why he certainly would never claim to be satoshi
https://xcancel.com/adam3us/status/2041816020776611935?s=46