Origins & Early Life

Satoshi Nakamoto (fl. 31 October 2008 – 26 April 2011) is the name used by the presumed pseudonymous person or persons who developed bitcoin, authored the bitcoin white paper, and created and deployed bitcoin's original reference implementation. As part of the implementation, Nakamoto also devised the first blockchain database. Nakamoto was active in the development of bitcoin until December 2010.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

Nakamoto's true identity is unknown. Various people have been posited as the person or group of people behind his name. He used a Japanese name and gave his residence as Japan, but many have speculated that he is actually a British software and cryptography expert who worked on bitcoin in the United Kingdom. If Nakamoto is an individual person, then his bitcoin holdings make him one of the wealthiest people in the world. His wallet, which has been untouched since 2010, holds an estimated 1.1 million bitcoins.

Enduring Legacy & Impact

As of 14 July 2025, their price was more than $123,000 each, meaning the contents of Nakamoto's wallet would have been worth nearly $135 billion. Nakamoto said that the work of writing bitcoin's code began in the second quarter of 2007. On 18 August 2008...

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