The pseudonymous person or group who published the Bitcoin whitepaper in 2008 and launched the Bitcoin network in 2009 — before disappearing in 2011 — creating the first decentralized cryptocurrency and triggering the entire blockchain and crypto industry.
Invented Bitcoin and the blockchain — the 2008 whitepaper solved the double-spend problem without a central authority using a proof-of-work chain of cryptographic hashes; this created the first trustless digital money system and triggered an industry worth trillions of dollars; Nakamoto's anonymity is an integral part of Bitcoin's decentralization story.
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