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Satoshi Nakamoto message embedded in the coinbase of the first block. Nakamoto said that the work of writing bitcoin's code began in the second quarter of 2007. [9] On 18 August 2008, he or a colleague registered the domain name bitcoin.org, [10] and created a web site at that address.
Bitcoin logos made by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009 (left) and 2010 (right). The domain name bitcoin.org was registered on 18 August 2008. [ 14 ] On 31 October 2008, a link to a white paper authored by Satoshi Nakamoto titled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System was posted to a cryptography mailing list. [ 15 ]
Nick denied being Satoshi, and stated his official opinion on Satoshi and bitcoin in a May 2011 article. [39] In a March 2014 article in Newsweek, journalist Leah McGrath Goodman doxed Dorian S. Nakamoto of Temple City, California, saying that Satoshi Nakamoto is the man's birth name. Her methods and conclusion drew widespread criticism. [40] [41]
[6] [7] Todd denied that he was Nakamoto, stating in the film that it was "ludicrous". [4] At a central point in the film Hoback notes that days after initially joining the Bitcoin forum in 2010 Todd corrects Nakamoto on a technical post then disappears alongside Satoshi. [8] Todd would claim a lack of involvement in Bitcoin development until ...
Satoshi Nakamoto (born 1975), a presumed pseudonym of the creator of bitcoin, a digital currency; written in Japanese as サトシ・ナカモト [1] [circular reference] Satoshi Nakamura ( 中村 哲 , born 1958) , Japanese computer scientist
In January 2009, bitcoin was created by pseudonymous developer Satoshi Nakamoto. It used SHA-256, a cryptographic hash function, in its proof-of-work scheme. [16] [17] In April 2011, Namecoin was created as an attempt at forming a decentralized DNS. In October 2011, Litecoin was released, which used scrypt as its hash function instead of SHA-256.
Initially, the software was published by Satoshi Nakamoto under the name "Bitcoin", and later renamed to "Bitcoin Core" to distinguish it from the network. [2] It is also known as the Satoshi client. [3] Bitcoin Core includes a transaction verification engine and connects to the bitcoin network as a full node. [3]
Bitcoin was designed by its inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto, to work as a currency. [3] [4] It is commonly referred to with terms like: digital currency, [5]: 1 digital cash, [6] virtual currency, [7] electronic currency, [8] digital gold, [9] or cryptocurrency. [1] [a] The question whether bitcoin is a currency or not is disputed. [1]