Who Created Bitcoin?

Bitcoin was created by an anonymous person or group using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. The true identity behind the name has never been confirmed, and Nakamoto disappeared from public communication in 2010. The creator’s anonymity is often seen as integral to Bitcoin’s decentralized nature. 

Key details about Satoshi Nakamoto

• Announcement: Nakamoto announced the creation of Bitcoin on a cryptography mailing list in October 2008 and released the software in January 2009.
• Motivation: The project was created in response to the global financial crisis of 2008, aiming to create a peer-to-peer digital currency free from central authority.
• Disappearance: After working on the project for about two years, Nakamoto stopped corresponding publicly. The last known email was sent in April 2011.
• Possible Identity: While the name has never been definitively linked to an individual, there are some clues and much speculation. Nakamoto’s use of British English in online communications suggests they may have been from the UK or a British Commonwealth nation.
• Untouched Fortune: It is estimated that Nakamoto mined roughly one million bitcoins in the early days of the network. The coins have remained in their original wallets, untouched for more than a decade.