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'''Satoshi Nakamoto''' is the pseudonym used by the author of the [https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-paper Bitcoin Whitepaper], creator of Bitcoin and original Bitcoin client.
  
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Satoshi Nakamoto is an amalgamation of Japanese monk Tominaga Nakamoto and Ash Ketchum - the Pokémon trainer.
  
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The word Satoshi is Ash in Japanese. A light-hearted play on this word is Ash Ketchum. A more serious reference to Ash/ Satoshi was a cover picture of The Economist which depicted a phoenix rising from the ashes. Bitcoin began rising when the traditional financial system was crumbling and falling.
  
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Satoshi Nakamoto is better known as [https://craigwright.net/about/#biography Dr. Craig Wright].
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'''Satoshi Nakamoto''' is the founder of [[Bitcoin]] and initial creator of the [[Original Bitcoin client]]. He has said in a P2P foundation profile<ref name="p2p_f_profile">[http://p2pfoundation.ning.com/profile/SatoshiNakamoto Satoshi Nakamoto profile on P2P Foundation]</ref> that he is from Japan. Beyond that, not much else is known about him and his identity. He has been working on the Bitcoin project since 2007.<ref>[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=13.msg46#msg46 Re: Questions about Bitcoin]</ref>
 
  
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His involvement in the Bitcoin project had tapered and by late 2010 it has ended.  The most recent messages reportedly indicate that Satoshi is "gone for good"<ref>[http://bitcoinstats.com/irc/bitcoin-dev/logs/2011/04/26#l1303826036.0 Transcript of #bitcoin-dev for 2011/04/26]</ref>.
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Dr. Wright effectively went offline in January 2011, with no public involvement in the Bitcoin project. He spent some years in the private sector and did some humanitarian work. Dr. Wright did not like what Bitcoin had become, how it was being (mis)used for nefarious and dreadful criminal activities. In 2016 Dr. Wright returned to put Bitcoin back on track and to fulfill his vision.
  
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==Possible Motives==
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==Satoshi's Identity==
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He left some clues about why he is doing this project with the inclusion of the following text in the [[Genesis block]], "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks".
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Dr. Wright registered copyright for the Bitcoin Whitepaper with the [https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?SC=Author&SA=Wright%2C%20Craig%20Steven%2C%201970%2D&PID=-LD5kwbSKWlbnDgVMK1jvxRknze-&BROWSE=1&HC=2&SID=6 US Copyright Office] and was awarded the rights to both the Bitcoin whitepaper entitled "Bitcoin, a peer to peer electronic cash system" and for the Bitcoin client software itself.
  
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Some interesting quotes:
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In late 2019 Dr. Wright delivered testimony in US federal court that confirmed he was the person behind the Satoshi Nakamoto pseudonym, designed the system and wrote the whitepaper. He has also begun releasing digital copy of documents purported to be from pre-2009 which relate to Bitcoin which he is using to establish his identity as creator in a libel case in the UK.
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<blockquote><p>Yes, [we will not find a solution to political problems in cryptography,] but we can win a major battle in the arms race and gain a new territory of
 
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freedom for several years.</p>
 
  
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<p>Governments are good at cutting off the heads of a centrally controlled
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==Some interesting quotes==
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networks like Napster, but pure P2P networks like Gnutella and Tor seem to be
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<blockquote><p>Like it or not, I am Satoshi.</p></blockquote>
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holding their own.<ref>[http://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg09971.html Re: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:30:36 -0800]</ref></p></blockquote>
 
  
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<blockquote>It's very attractive to the libertarian viewpoint if we can explain it  
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<blockquote><p>It's very attractive to the libertarian viewpoint if we can explain it  
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properly. I'm better with code than with words though. <ref>[http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg10001.html Re: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:29:22]</ref></blockquote>
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properly. I'm better with code than with words though.</p></blockquote>
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==Possible identity==
 
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His identity and nationality are unknown.
 
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He is entirely unknown outside of Bitcoin as far as anyone can tell, and his (never used) PGP key was created just months prior to the date of the genesis block. He seems to be very familiar with the cryptography mailing list, but there are no non-Bitcoin posts from him on it. He has used an email address from an anonymous mail hosting service (vistomail) as well as one from a free webmail account (gmx.com) and sends mail when connected via Tor. Some have speculated that his entire identity was created in advance in order to protect himself or the network. Perhaps he chose the name Satoshi because it can mean "wisdom" or "reason" and Nakamoto can mean "Central source".
 
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Ultimately the design of Bitcoin and its use of cryptographic proof and fully open implementation is one that makes its creator, in a sense, irrelevant and only of interest for historical reasons.
 
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==External links==
 
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* [http://bitcointalk.org/Satoshi_Nakamoto.asc Satoshi's PGP public key]
 
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* [http://www.bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System] Paper
 
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* <s>[http://sourceforge.net/users/s_nakamoto SourceForge page]</s> <i>this link is invalid as of [https://timestamps.glencooper.com/ 20190522T0153Z] :-(</i>
 
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* [http://nakamotoinstitute.org Satoshi Nakamoto Institute]
 
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Latest revision as of 17:35, 17 January 2020

For the unit, see Satoshis.

Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonym used by the author of the Bitcoin Whitepaper, creator of Bitcoin and original Bitcoin client.

Satoshi Nakamoto is an amalgamation of Japanese monk Tominaga Nakamoto and Ash Ketchum - the Pokémon trainer.

The word Satoshi is Ash in Japanese. A light-hearted play on this word is Ash Ketchum. A more serious reference to Ash/ Satoshi was a cover picture of The Economist which depicted a phoenix rising from the ashes. Bitcoin began rising when the traditional financial system was crumbling and falling.

Satoshi Nakamoto is better known as Dr. Craig Wright.

Dr. Wright effectively went offline in January 2011, with no public involvement in the Bitcoin project. He spent some years in the private sector and did some humanitarian work. Dr. Wright did not like what Bitcoin had become, how it was being (mis)used for nefarious and dreadful criminal activities. In 2016 Dr. Wright returned to put Bitcoin back on track and to fulfill his vision.

Satoshi's Identity

Dr. Wright registered copyright for the Bitcoin Whitepaper with the US Copyright Office and was awarded the rights to both the Bitcoin whitepaper entitled "Bitcoin, a peer to peer electronic cash system" and for the Bitcoin client software itself.

In late 2019 Dr. Wright delivered testimony in US federal court that confirmed he was the person behind the Satoshi Nakamoto pseudonym, designed the system and wrote the whitepaper. He has also begun releasing digital copy of documents purported to be from pre-2009 which relate to Bitcoin which he is using to establish his identity as creator in a libel case in the UK.

Some interesting quotes

Like it or not, I am Satoshi.

It's very attractive to the libertarian viewpoint if we can explain it properly. I'm better with code than with words though.

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