Satoshi Nakamoto

SHORT STORY OCTOBER 31ST, 2008 SATOSHI PUBLISHED THE WHITE PAPER JANUARY 3RD, 2009 SATOSHI MINED THE VERY FIRST BITCOIN SATOSHI WAS ACTIVE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BITCOIN UP UNTIL DECEMBER 2010 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. SATOSHI NAKAMOTO IS THE NAME USED BY THE PSEUDONYMOUS CREATOR OF BITCOIN, THE FIRST DISTRIBUTED LEDGER, A BLOCKCHAIN DATABASE. LIKE THE SCRIPT OF A GREAT MYSTERY NOVEL, SATOSHI NAKAMOTO SPARKS THE IMAGINATION: AN ANONYMOUS HERO WITH A SECRET IDENTITY, APPEARING OUT OF NOWHERE IN 2008 AND DISAPPEARING JUST AS ABRUPTLY THREE YEARS LATER, AFTER ESTABLISHING THE WORLD'S FIRST CRYPTOCURRENCY AND QUITE POSSIBLY THE GREATEST INVENTION IN HUMAN HISTORY. "THE ROOT PROBLEM WITH CONVENTIONAL CURRENCY IS ALL THE TRUST THAT'S REQUIRED TO MAKE IT WORK. THE CENTRAL BANK MUST BE TRUSTED NOT TO DEBASE THE CURRENCY, BUT THE HISTORY OF FIAT CURRENCIES IS FULL OF BREACHES OF THAT TRUST." - SATOSHI NAKAMOTO