A digital publication in 2008 laid out the concept and technical methods for “mining” cryptocurrency. Its author didn’t seem ...

We don't know the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin. We don't know if Nakamoto is a singular person or a group of people. We don't even know if Nakamoto is alive or dead.

Benjamin Wallace wrote a piece on the phenomenon for WIRED in November 2011, making him one of the very first mainstream ...

Satoshi Nakamoto, using a pseudonym, introduced Bitcoin during 2008's financial crisis. Bitcoin operates without a central authority, emphasizing its decentralized nature. Nakamoto possibly holds ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. If Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of bitcoin, was who I ...

In 2008 a cryptocurrency called bitcoin was first proposed in a digital white paper signed by someone who called himself “Satoshi Nakamoto.” A few months later, Mr. Nakamoto released the ...