Satoshi Nakamoto is the ubiquitous and mysterious creator of Bitcoin. Satoshi Nakamoto authored the bitcoin white paper and was active in Bitcoin’s development until December 2010, when he posted his final message on the bitcointalk.org forums.
Satoshi’s identity remains a mystery until today, with several individuals having claimed or speculated to be Nakamoto himself. Nakamoto possibly owns around 1 million Bitcoins, but others believe this is unlikely due to Nakamoto’s desire for a fair launch. The majority of Satoshi-era wallets continue to stay dormant, and his/her identify remains unknown.
Satoshi Nakamoto in the News
Gavin Andresen edits his now famous blog post to say “I now know it was a mistake to trust Craig Wright as much as I did”
2023/02/01
Elon says he thinks Nick Szabo might be Satoshi
2021/12/29
Craig Wright wins court case and is award half of the 1.1 million BTC mined by Satoshi
2021/12/06
Gavin Andresen also says it’s “possible” he was “bamboozled” by Craig Wright
2016/05/02
Gavin Andresen gets tricked into believing Craig Wright is Satoshi
2016/05/02
Jeff Garzik says Craig Wright’s evidence “could have been produced by anyone”
2016/05/02
Craig Wright posts on his blog that he is Satoshi
2016/05/02
Wired suggests Craig Wright might be Satoshi
2015/12/08
Hal Finney passes away due to complications from ALS
2014/08/30
Dorian Nakamoto goes on record saying “I have nothing to do with Bitcoin, nothing to do with developing.”
2014/03/07
Newsweek claims to have uncovered Satoshi’s identity
2014/03/06
Satoshi sends his final email to Gavin Andresen
2011/04/26
Satoshi hands over control of the Bitcoin source code to Gavin Andresen
2010/12/19
Satoshi posts his final message in the bitcointalk.org forums
2010/12/11
The first Bitcoin transaction: Satoshi sends 10 BTC to Hal Finney
2009/01/12
Version 0.1 of the Bitcoin software is released
2009/01/09
Satoshi announces Bitcoin
2008/10/31
Wei Dai receives an email from Satoshi asking to cite b-money
2008/08/22
David Chaum releases the first known proposal for a blockchain protocol
1982/04/04
Satoshi Nakamoto FAQ
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Why did Satoshi disappear?
Satoshi Nakamoto Links
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