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BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes proposes Bitcoin-based stablecoin
9.3.2023
The proposed stablecoin, the Satoshi Nakamoto Dollar, aims to be entirely free from any movements of USD, which require banking services
Former Bitcoin Dev Gavin Andresen Regrets Previous Support for Craig Wright, Calls it a 'Mistake' – Here's Why
7.2.2023
Gavin Andresen, the former lead Bitcoin developer appointed by Satoshi Nakamoto himself, now regrets that he once supported the controversial Australian computer scientist Craig Wright.
Writing on his personal blog earlier this month, Andresen called it “a mistake” to trust Craig Wright, and said...
Former Bitcoin Dev Gavin Andresen Revises 2016 Blog Post, Calls Trust in Craig Wright a ‘Mistake’
6.2.2023
During the first week of Feb. 2023, the United Kingdom Court of Appeal overturned a High Court decision from March 2022 in the case of Craig Wright’s Tulip Trading Limited (TTL) vs. 16 cryptocurrency developers. The case will proceed to trial as Wright, who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto...
7 people who could be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto
24.1.2023
To this day, the exact identity of Satoshi Nakamoto remains a mystery
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Calls Bitcoin ‘Hyped-up Fraud’ — Expects Satoshi Nakamoto to Increase BTC Supply Cap
21.1.2023
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon calls bitcoin “a hyped-up fraud.” The executive questioned the cryptocurrency’s supply cap, expecting a picture of bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto to pop up and laugh at us all when bitcoin’s supply hits 21 million...
14th Anniversary of Bitcoin’s Genesis Block: A Look Back at the Birth of Cryptocurrency
3.1.2023
14 years ago on Jan. 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto launched the Bitcoin network and block zero at approximately 1:15 p.m. (ET) on a Saturday afternoon. Satoshi’s technology allows “online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial...
Recently Signed 2009 Bitcoin Block Reward Linked to Hal Finney’s Set of BTC Transactions
15.12.2022
At the end of November, an unknown person signed a signature tied to an extremely old block reward mined on Jan. 19, 2009, and the user published a message and verified signature linked to the reward on the forum bitcointalk.org. The message was tied to a bitcoin address associated with block...
Martin Shkreli Claims to Know the Real Identity of Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto – Here's His Proof
14.12.2022
Disgraced biotech entrepreneur and hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli has published a finding that appears to prove who the real person behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto is. But the Bitcoin community is not yet convinced.
The finding was shared in a blog post published on Tuesday, where Shkreli...
An Unknown Individual Signed a Message Associated With BTC Block 1,018, Reward Was Minted 16 Days After Satoshi Launched Bitcoin
3.12.2022
On Nov. 15, 2022, a post was created on the forum website bitcointalk.org and the thread’s creator asked people to share signatures tied to some of their oldest mined bitcoin blocks. 11 days later, a newly created bitcointalk.org profile, called “Onesignature,” shared a signed...
Amid the FTX Confusion, Whistleblower Edward Snowden Says ‘Custodial Exchanges Were a Mistake’
9.11.2022
Whistleblower and former NSA contractor, Edward Snowden, has been very vocal about the crypto economy in recent times. After publishing a copy of Bitcoin’s white paper on Twitter on the document’s 14th birthday, Snowden had some words with Craig Wright, the man who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto....
Could Bitcoin have launched in the 1990s — Or was it waiting for Satoshi?
8.11.2022
With the Internet, elliptic curve cryptography, even Merkle trees and PoW protocols all present, Bitcoin was “technically possible” in 1994
SEC Chair Gensler Wishes Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin Whitepaper Happy Birthday — Says Let’s Make Sure Crypto Investors Get Proper Protection
1.11.2022
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has wished Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin whitepaper a happy birthday. “It has led to innovation and crypto asset investing. Let’s make sure as crypto enters its 15th year that investors get proper...
Satoshi Nakamoto’s Seminal Bitcoin White Paper Turns 14 Today
31.10.2022
Approximately 14 years ago today, on Halloween, Satoshi Nakamoto introduced Bitcoin to the world by sharing the renowned white paper. Satoshi’s invention, shared on metzdowd.com’s Cryptography Mailing List, not only solved a problem that had plagued computer scientists for years,...
14 years since the Bitcoin white paper: Why it matters
31.10.2022
Cointelegraph asked Bitcoiners at the Plan B conference in Lugano why the white paper matters now more than ever
A Look at One of Crypto’s Greatest Mysteries — Bytecoin’s Alleged Premine and the Puzzling Nicolas Van Saberhagen, and Cryptonote Team
26.10.2022
When Bitcoin first launched, the community was extremely small and it slowly grew during the first two years until the project’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, left the community for good. During the early years encompassing the world of cryptocurrencies, a number of anonymous individuals like...
A Look at the First Phone-to-Phone Bitcoin Transfer Using a Nokia N900 Smartphone
23.10.2022
When Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin, the full node client came with a wallet often referred to as Bitcoin-Qt. Nakamoto’s simplified payment verification (SPV) concept was not available until two years later, after the former Bitcoin Core developer Mike Hearn published BitcoinJ in 2011....
Bitcoin Added to Guinness World Records Book – Find Out More
19.10.2022
The world’s number one cryptocurrency per market capitalization, Bitcoin (BTC), has earned several Guinness World Records titles, including the oldest and the first decentralized cryptocurrency.
Bitcoin has been written into this famous book as the first decentralized cryptocurrency, “developed...
Bitcoin Added to the Guinness Book of World Records as the ‘First Decentralized Cryptocurrency’
18.10.2022
Since 1955 Guinness World Records (GWR) has published a reference book annually that covers world records from extreme natural events to human achievements. This year, Bitcoin has entered the fray as the world’s first and most valuable cryptocurrency network as GWR has added the subject...
Tech’s good intentions and why Satoshi’s new ‘social order’ foundered
18.10.2022
Bitcoin’s creator seemed to succeed where others failed — initially. What did he do differently? He rotated record-keepers
New Satoshi Notations Discovered, Bitcoin’s Halving Progress, Mad Money’s Cramer Miffed After SEC Filing — Week in Review
16.10.2022
In this edition of the Bitcoin.com News week in Review: never-before-seen notations discovered from Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, an update on progress toward the next Bitcoin halving event, Mad Money’s Jim Cramer challenging crypto investors to bet against him, and more. Sleuth Discovers...