Abridged Version: The Last Days of Satoshi
Ten years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto left his last message and disappeared into the ether. To commemorate the event, on April 26th, Bitcoin Magazine published an investigative report on Nakamoto’s last days. The story that they uncover is fascinating. The picture that they paint is surprising. The era that they describe is full of mysteries. Bitcoinist […]
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Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of bitcoin, has a lot of coins that remain unspent. What is he or she likely to do with them, and how might it affect the bitcoin universe? This article was inspired by a CoinDesk commenter, who worried that we don't know much about Satoshi's intentions. "That hoard gives him way, way, way too much potential influence and wealth," they said. Satoshi certainly has a lot of funds. Bitcoin security consultant Sergio Lerner's oft-cited analysis puts the figure at around 1m BTC, based on the early mining that he or she did. Most of those coins were....
The legend of Satoshi Nakamoto lives on. A bitcoin enthusiast that goes by Jim Blasko claims to have found “the lost Bitcoin v0.1 raw data and files.” Skepticism would be the normal reaction to outlandish claims like these, but here’s the kicker: the code is still in Soundforge. That is, Satoshi Nakamoto’s original code disappeared […]
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Just recently a new hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto has come back to life. Many mysteries of the digital currency’s path had entered the public eyes especially concerning the early days of Bitcoin’s existence. Questions were asked in regards to Satoshi’s anonymity and his possible linkage with people like Craig S. Wright, which brought quite a bit of new detectives to the table. On January 9, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto announces Bitcoin version 0.1 on the cypherpunk mailing list, and this catches the attention of people right away. Hal Finney was one of these individuals who was the first to spend....