John Nash received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994 for his work on game theory, which he had presented in his thesis written in 1950. This thesis, which was only 27 pages long, contained two citations, one of which was from himself.

Recently, the question of Satoshi Nakamoto’s identity has been a major topic of discussion. Names like Len Sassaman, Adam Back, and Nick Szabo are often mentioned, but according to my research, I believe Satoshi was probably not an active member of the cypherpunk movement. For example, he was not aware of the concept of b-money proposed by Wei Dai until Adam Back introduced it to him. However, some cypherpunks did contribute to improving Bitcoin's code.

Between September and December 2008, there were numerous technical discussions to refine the code, particularly regarding the 21 million bitcoin cap and the halving mechanism every four years. Unfortunately, neither Nick Szabo, Adam Back, nor Len Sassaman actively participated in these early exchanges. In fact, Len even openly criticized Bitcoin . As for Adam Back, he only became seriously interested in Bitcoin when it started gaining popularity, around 2012-2013. He has always been honest in acknowledging that he is not Satoshi, even though his work has been significant in shaping the concepts behind Bitcoin.

The true pioneers of the project, those who contributed from the very beginning, include figures like Ray Dillinger, Hal Finney, Martti Malmi, and Gavin Andresen, who joined a little later.
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