Satoshi Nakamoto

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Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonymous individual or group who authored the Bitcoin white paper and launched the first decentralized cryptocurrency and its underlying blockchain technology.


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instanceOf Bitcoin creator
blockchain pioneer
cryptographer
pseudonymous person
software developer
activeDevelopmentPeriodEnd 2010
activeDevelopmentPeriodStart 2007
associatedWith early Bitcoin addresses holding large balances
authored Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
birthDate unknown
citizenship unknown
collaboratedWith Gavin Andresen
Hal Finney
communicatedVia email
online forums
created Bitcoin network
Bitcoin protocol
Bitcoin software client
developed Bitcoin Core early versions
embeddedMessageInGenesisBlock The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks
estimatedBitcoinHoldings hundreds of thousands of BTC
gender unknown
genesisBlockReward 50 BTC
handedOverProjectTo Gavin Andresen
hasBeenSpeculatedToBe group of people
individual
identityStatus unknown
implemented reference implementation of Bitcoin
influenced cryptocurrency ecosystem
development of blockchain technology
knownFor authoring the Bitcoin white paper
creating Bitcoin
designing the first blockchain-based system
inventing the first decentralized cryptocurrency
languageUsedInPosts English
launched Bitcoin network mainnet
launchedOn 2009-01-03
mined Bitcoin genesis block
programmedIn C++
proposedConcept fixed supply digital currency
peer-to-peer electronic cash system
proof-of-work based consensus
pseudonymOf unknown real identity
publishedWhitePaperOn 2008-10-31
realName unknown
registeredBitcointalkAccountIn 2009
transferredRepositoryControlTo other Bitcoin developers
usedForum bitcointalk.org
whitePaperDistributedVia cryptography mailing list at metzdowd.com
withdrewFromPublicCommunication 2010

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Genesis Block
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Bitcoin
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satoshi
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