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A Filmmaker's Quest to Unmask Bitcoin's Creator - Who is Bitcoin's founder, Satoshi Nakamoto? the question has perplexed and excited cryptocurrency fans ever since Bitcoin was created by someone with that username in 2009.
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|November 11, 2024
Who is Bitcoin’s founder, Satoshi Nakamoto? the question has perplexed and excited cryptocurrency fans ever since Bitcoin was created by someone with that username in 2009.
Who is Bitcoin’s founder, Satoshi Nakamoto? the question has perplexed and excited cryptocurrency fans ever since Bitcoin was created by someone with that username in 2009. Fans have endlessly theorized, debated, and hunted for clues across the web, while investigative journalists have tried to unwind the mystery with no success. The answer matters because Satoshi’s ideas are imbued with near religious significance—and because whoever it is owns about $60 billion worth of Bitcoin, which would make them roughly the 25th richest person alive.
In October, the filmmaker Cullen Hoback released the documentary
This story is from the November 11, 2024 edition of Time.
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