Satoshi Nakamoto
How Can Satoshi Nakamoto Have a Birthday?
April 5, 1975 is the birthday of bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Nakamoto entered a birth date when they registered the pseudonym with The P2P Foundation. CoinDesk Senior Research Analyst George Kaloudis discusses the leading theory about why that date matters.
Craig Wright’s UK Contempt of Court Case Over Alleged Embargo Breach Abandoned
Judges at the High Court in London said they didn’t have the resources to explore the issue fully.
This Crisis Will Define the Future of Money
The recent collapse of three high-profile banks - Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate Bank and Signature Bank - has caused worrying outflows at hundreds of regional banks. Now, with the U.S. Federal Reserve creating a new backstop facility reportedly worth $2 trillion, the echoes of crises in 2008 and 2013 are loud.
Evaluating Bitcoin as a Store of Value
Two on-chain metrics, realized capitalization and holding trends, demonstrate belief in bitcoin as a store of value (SoV).
Craig Wright Loses Bitcoin Copyright Claim in UK Court
The self-proclaimed author of the Bitcoin white paper claims Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash violate his intellectual property rights.
Craig Wright’s Blacklist Resembles Bitcoin ‘Kill Switch’ Satoshi Never Followed Through On
Bitcoiners are cringing at the fact that users of the rival Bitcoin SV (BSV) blockchain can now freeze and confiscate other users’ coins, thanks to the Australian computer scientist Craig Wright’s “blacklist manager” – a software tool for recovering lost or stolen coins. But did Satoshi Nakamoto, inventor of Bitcoin, suggest a similar “kill switch” feature 13 years ago? CoinDesk Bitcoin Protocol Reporter Frederick Munawa explains.
Craig Wright’s Blacklist Resembles Bitcoin ‘Kill Switch’ Satoshi Never Followed Through On
The blacklist manager was unveiled in October and is part of Bitcoin SV’s digital asset recovery process.
Celebrating the 14th Anniversary of Bitcoin’s First Transaction
It’s been 14 years since the first bitcoin transaction was sent. On Jan. 12, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of the Bitcoin system, sent Hal Finney, a well-regarded cryptographer and computer scientist, 10 bitcoin (BTC). Jimmy Song, author of "Thank God for Bitcoin: The Creation, Corruption and Redemption of Money," discusses Bitcoin network's developments throughout the years.
Remembering Hal Finney on the 14th Anniversary of the First Bitcoin Transaction
The legendary cypherpunk was the first to download and receive bitcoin – helping to prove the system worked.
