A Decade of Self-Professed Satoshi Nakamotos- Where Are These Claimants Now?

A Decade of Self-Professed Satoshi Nakamotos- Where Are These Claimants Now?

The mysterious creator of bitcoin has always been a topical conversation and over the years, a great number of self-proclaimed blockchain inventors have said that they once played the role of Satoshi Nakamoto. Of course, none of these so-called Satoshis have ever proven this to the greater cryptocurrency community, but it hasn’t stopped lots of people from trying. Many Satoshis With Little Proof Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of the Bitcoin blockchain, has always been one of the crypto community’s most popular subjects because the story is a thought-provoking mystery. Nakamoto....


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