Bitcoin Maximalist

ON OCTOBER 2008 SATOSHI NAKAMOTO PUBLISHED THE WHITE PAPER "BITCOIN: A PEER-TO-PEER ELECTRONIC CASH SYSTEM". REVEALING THE CREATION TO A TINY ONLINE COMMUNITY OF "CYPHERPUNKS" CRYPTOGRAPHY COMPUTER SCIENTISTS AND HACKERS. CREATING BITCOIN AS OPENSOURCE, MEANING ITS DESIGN IS PUBLIC. NO ONE PERSON OWNS OR CONTROLS BITCOIN, AND ANYONE CAN PARTICIPATE. WHILE NAKAMOTO CONTINUED TO CONTROL BITCOIN'S DEVELOPMENT, USERS AND DEVELOPERS CONGREGATED IN BITCOIN FORUMS TO CONTRIBUTE CODE AND WORK ON THE PROJECT, WHICH HAD BECOME A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. THEN ON JANUARY 3RD, 2009 NAKAMOTO MINED THE VERY FIRST BITCOIN. NAKAMOTO WAS ACTIVE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BITCOIN UP UNTIL DECEMBER 2010. ON APRIL 23, 2011, SATOSHI SENT A FAREWELL EMAIL TO A FELLOW BITCOIN DEVELOPER "I'VE MOVED ON TO OTHER THINGS, SATOSHI WROTE, ASSURING THAT THE FUTURE OF BITCOIN WAS "IN GOOD HANDS" THEN DISAPPEARED NEVER TO BE HEARD FROM AGAIN. "IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE JUST TO GET SOME IN CASE IT CATCHES ON." - SATOSHI NAKAMOTO