The legendary creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, turned 48 today, at least according to the information provided to the global network P2P Foundation when they signed up.
Although the identity of the creator of Bitcoin (BTC) and therefore his birthday remain unknown to the public, cryptocurrency enthusiasts took note from when Satoshi’s age increased by one year in his P2P Foundation profile, suggesting a birthday of April 5, 1975. Cryptocurrency users have suggested the date, as Satoshi may represent a group of people rather than to an individual, it may stem from a day in 1933, when US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt began taking the country off the gold standard, issuing an executive order for all US citizens to return coins and certificates. of gold worth more than $100 to the Federal Reserve.
Speculating about the true identity of the person or people who helped create the original cryptocurrency has been a popular pastime among many users on social media and online forums. Among the names proposed are computer scientist and ‘Bit Gold’ creator Nick Szabo, early BTC contributor Hal Finney, who sadly passed away in 2014, cryptographer Adam Back, and Japanese-American engineer and physicist Dorian Nakamoto.
Fun fact: today, April 5, is Satoshi Nakamoto’s birthday
Background: The US government banned individual storage of gold on April 5, 1933 to prop up the US dollar. Satoshi chose this controversial date as his birthday on the P2P Foundation Forum website.
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— Lugano Plan ₿ (@LuganoPlanB) April 5, 2023
Although Satoshi’s face remains unknown, members of the crypto space continue to honor them by using his face in other ways. A bronze representation of the creator of Bitcoin was put on display for visitors to Graphisoft Park in Budapest in 2021, and Satoshi is featured by many people as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences every year.
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Other notable dates for BTC fans include the publication of the Bitcoin white paper on October 31, 2008, as well as Bitcoin Genesis Day on January 3, 2009, marking the time Satoshi mined the first block of BTC. which led to the minting of the first coins. There are many more to come: the next Bitcoin halving expected in 2024; the extraction of the coin number 21 million.
At press time, the price of Bitcoin was $28,296, having risen more than 26% in the last 30 days.
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