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Who invented Bitcoin?
Satoshi Nakamoto is the name used by the creator of Bitcoin. It is unknown if Satoshi is one individual or a group of people, but in 2008, he, she or…
10 watershed moments in cryptocurrency history
…A peer-to-peer Electronic Cash System In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto released the Bitcoin white paper, “Bitcoin: A peer-to-peer Electronic Cash System”, setting in motion the cryptocurrency revolution. The first paragraph…
Why the promise of financial freedom is bringing people to crypto
…of fiat currencies is full of breaches of that trust.” – Satoshi Nakamoto In the late 2000s, Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, set out to find solutions to the…
Last week in review: Fidelity partners up with NYDIG to make crypto more accessible
…one of the first to respond to Satoshi Nakamoto’s post on the cypherpunk mailing list. More than ten years have now passed since Finney became the recipient of the first-ever…
What is the Bitcoin halving?
…maintaining the supply of new Bitcoin at a constant rate that’s somewhat aligned with increasing demand, which its creator Satoshi Nakamoto assumed would grow as it became more well-known. Satoshi…
April in Review
…unveil the true identity of Bitcoin’s alleged creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. As long as the code was written entirely by Nakamoto, Hoskins elaborates, “you can apply stylometric techniques to that code…
Bitcoin Halving (Halvening): Everything you need to know
Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s creator(s), designed Bitcoin in such a way that the rate at which new Bitcoin is created is halved every four years. This will continue to happen until…
Cryptocurrencies: From hype to legitimacy
…through a distinct hype cycle Bitcoin’s technology trigger happened in 2009 when a person or group known as Satoshi Nakamoto launched Bitcoin. At first, only a handful of people knew…
Why Bitcoin made it: What happened to other digital cash?
…Szabo was behind Bitcoin, these suggestions have been debunked. Szabo’s post-2008 writings about Bitcoin reveal discrepancies between his ideology and that of Bitcoin’s Satoshi Nakamoto. Szabo viewed Bitcoin as a…
Does bitcoin need an Oprah?
…point on the horizon, Satoshi Nakamoto remains hidden from the world. This means that Bitcoin has gotten to where it is today without a spokesperson out in front taking the…
What is the difference between Bitcoin and XRP?
…of people known as Satoshi Nakamoto. The XRP Ledger works through a unique consensus algorithm which uses a network of validating servers, rather than “proof of work” or “proof of…
What happens once all Bitcoin are mined?
…is digital and doesn’t exist in a physical form, the term ‘mining’ is very appropriate for the process through which it’s released. Satoshi Nakamoto (the pseudonymous person or group behind…