Satoshi Nakamoto
Individuals
Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonymous person or group who created Bitcoin, authored the Bitcoin whitepaper published on October 31, 2008, and launched the Bitcoin network on January 3, 2009 with the mining of the genesis block. Nakamoto corresponded with early developers until mid-2010, then gradually withdrew from the project and has not been heard from since 2011. The true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto remains unknown. Nakamoto is estimated to hold approximately 1.1 million Bitcoin from early mining, which has never moved.
Details
- Role
- Creator of Bitcoin
- Identity
- Unknown — pseudonymous
- Known For
- Bitcoin whitepaper,Genesis block,Proof-of-work consensus,UTXO model
- Nationality
- Unknown
- Active Years
- 2008-2011
- Pseudonymous
- Yes
- Holdings Note
- ~1.1M BTC from early mining, never moved — Patoshi pattern analysis
- Estimated Holdings
- ~1,100,000 BTC (estimated from blockchain forensics; Patoshi pattern analysis by Sergio Lerner)
- Last Known Contact
- 2011
- Bitcoin Holdings Estimate
- 1100000
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