Satoshi Nakamoto


Policy

'Satoshi's Birthday': April 5 Is a Day to Be Thankful for Bitcoin

The 88th anniversary of FDR's executive order 6102 brings a sobering reminder of the value of confiscation-resistant currency.

FDR, shown here in 1943, cited a "national emergency" in his executive order banning gold holding 10 years earlier.

Finance

Coinbase Lists Unmasking of Bitcoin's Creator Among Business Risks

DeFi, social media and data breaches are also acknowledged as "risk factors" for investors in the company's hot-off-the-presses prospectus.

CoinDesk CEO Brian Armstrong

Markets

Bitcoin.org Rebuts Craig Wright's 'Meritless' Copyright Claim on Bitcoin White Paper

The open-source project said it would not comply with Wright's demand to take down its copy of the iconic founding document.

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Tech

Over $20K? Why Is Bitcoin Worth Anything at All?

Bitcoin’s price continues to climb, BTC is leaving exchanges, and bitcoin "whale" sightings are becoming more frequent. But the question remains, why?

BITCOIN ACADEMY: "Free market" economists were central to the development of Bitcoin. From left to right: Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises, FA Hayek and Murray Rothbard.

Markets

In Echo of Bitcoin's Genesis, Mining Pool Embeds Reuters Headline on the Blockchain

Slush Pool has immortalized a potentially iconic Reuters headline on the Bitcoin blockchain.

Reuters headline embedded in Bitcoin's blockchain

Markets

Previously Unpublished Emails of Satoshi Nakamoto Present a New Puzzle

The emails between Satoshi and Hal Finney come from Bitcoin’s earliest days. They show how closely the cryptocurrency’s creator collaborated with early supporters at the time.

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Markets

Why Satoshi Chose Halloween to Release the Bitcoin White Paper

Was Satoshi’s release of the Bitcoin White Paper an allusion to the Reformation or something to do with the ancient pagan tradition of Samhain?

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Tech

Protection Over Profit: What Early Mining Patterns Suggest About Bitcoin’s Inventor

Researchers believe Bitcoin’s creator probably used specialized mining software in the coin’s early days to protect the new network – not to profit from it.

(DimaSobko/Getty Images)

Tech

4 Experts Agree: Craig Wright's Latest Cryptography Claims Are 'Nonsense'

We asked four expert cryptographers about Craig Wright’s “cryptographic evidence” that he is Bitcoin’s creator Satoshi Nakamoto. They aren't buying it.

Craig Wright (Rob Mitchell)

Tech

Whale Alert Identifies 1.125 Million BTC as Satoshi's Stash

New on-chain analysis from Whale Alert suggests Satoshi Nakamoto mined an estimated 1,125,150 in bitcoin, now worth an estimated $10.9 billion.

(Whale Alert)