Wei Dai and Adam Back were the first two people contacted by Satoshi Nakamoto as he was developing Bitcoin in 2008 and the b-money paper was referenced in the subsequent Bitcoin whitepaper.
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Government Holdings At the moment, governments all over the world collectively own around 260,000 BTC, which is 1.237% of the total supply. Bulgaria alone is believed to hold over 213,000 BTC. The U.S. government obtained Bitcoin from Silk Road in 2013, but eventually sold it in 2015.
Read moreWhy is Satoshi Nakamoto anonymous?
The persona Satoshi Nakamoto was involved in the early days of Bitcoin, working on the first version of the software in 2009. Communication to and from Nakamoto was conducted electronically, and the lack of personal and background details meant that it was impossible to find out the actual identity behind the name .
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Satoshi NakamotoNationalityJapanese (claimed)Known forInventing bitcoin, implementing the first blockchainScientific careerFieldsDigital currencies, computer science, cryptographySatoshi Nakamoto – Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Satoshi_Nakamoto
Read moreWho is Satoshi Nakamoto Szabo?
Bitcoin was created in 2009 by an anonymous person pseudo-named Satoshi Nakamoto, whose identity still remains a mystery. In a recent interview, Tesla CEO Elon Musk named computer scientist Nick Szabo as the anonymous creator, who could have been the brains behind the birth of the world’s first ever cryptocurrency.30 Ara 2021
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Nicholas “Nick” Szabo is a computer scientist, cryptographer, and legal researcher who specializes in digital contracts and digital money.
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