Satoshi Nakamoto is the name used by the unknown person or people who developed bitcoin, authored the bitcoin white paper, created and deployed bitcoin's original reference implementation.
The true identity of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto is something that has boggled the minds of many a crypto enthusiast since 2008. Despite having been unmasked by the NSA, there are very few people outside the Department of Homeland Security who know Satoshi’s real name.
Satoshi Nakamoto was weird, paranoid, and bossy, says early bitcoin developer who exchanged hundreds of emails with the mysterious crypto creator
Zoë Bernard May 30, 2018, 3:23 PM
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A man once believed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the founder of bitcoin, leaves his home in Temple City, California, in March 2014. REUTERS/David McNew
Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of bitcoin, evaporated from the web seven years ago.
Laszlo Hanyecz, a developer who worked on bitcoin early on, told Business Insider he exchanged hundreds of emails with the person or team known as Nakamoto in 2010.
The experience was mostly weird, Hanyecz said.
Ten years after murmurs of the world's first cryptocurrency appeared online, there's still no definitive clue as to the identity of its creator, the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto.
While Nakamoto vanished from the internet in April 2011, the cryptocurrency creator left behind a slender trail of breadcrumbs in the form of emails exchanged with early bitcoin developers, commentary in online forums, and bitcoin's original white paper.
While there's plenty of speculation regarding Nakamoto's identity, all the guesses hazarded thus far have led to inconclusive dead ends.
One bitcoin developer, Laszlo Hanyecz, best known for making the first real-world purchase in bitcoin for a pair of pizzas, told Business Insider he exchanged hundreds of emails with the bitcoin creator in 2010.
Sources: https://medium.com/@cryptaldashcoin/who-is-the-real-satoshi-nakamoto-55bacbbee566
