Satoshi Nakamoto (English: Satoshi Nakamoto), who calls himself a Japanese-American, is often translated into A History of Ben Zhe by Japanese media. He is the creator of Bitcoin protocol and its related software Bitcoin-Qt, but his real identity is unknown. In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published an article entitled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (Bitcoin: A? Point to point? Electronic cash system), describes an electronic currency he called "Bitcoin" and its algorithm.
In 2009, he released the first bitcoin software and officially launched the bitcoin financial system. In 20 10, he gradually faded out and handed over the project to other members of the bitcoin community. It is believed that Satoshi Nakamoto holds about1000000 bitcoins. These bitcoins were worth more than $1 billion at the end of 20 13.
Since the publication of the paper, Satoshi Nakamoto's true identity has been unknown to the outside world for a long time. Julian assange, the founder of Wikileaks, declared that Satoshi Nakamoto is a Cyberpunk. In addition, some people say that "Satoshi Nakamoto is an anarchist. His original intention is not to hope that the digital cryptocurrency will be controlled by a government or central bank, but to become a currency that flows freely around the world without government supervision and control. "
Main entry: Bitcoin history
On June 1 65438+1October12008, Satoshi Nakamoto published a paper entitled "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" on the cryptology mailing list of metzdowd.com website. This paper describes in detail how to create a decentralized electronic trading system, and this system does not need to be based on mutual trust between the two parties. Soon, on June 38, 2009+10/October 3, 2009, he developed the first client program to realize the bitcoin algorithm, and conducted the first "mining" and obtained the first batch of 50 bitcoins. This also marks the official birth of the Bitcoin financial system.
20 10 12.5, during the Wikileaks leak of American diplomatic cables, the bitcoin community called on Wikileaks to accept bitcoin donations to break the financial blockade. Ben expressed firm opposition and believed that Bitcoin was still in its cradle and could not stand conflicts and disputes. Seven days later, 12, 12, he published his last article on the Bitcoin forum, mentioning some minor problems in the latest version of the software, and then he stopped showing up and his email communication was gradually terminated.