Satoshi Nakamoto
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It’s now time for the entire Bitcoin community to recognize that Satoshi’s design transcends the confines of a single chain
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Satoshi Nakamoto could have chosen a boring issuance schedule. Instead, he imbued bitcoin with a seasonal fireworks display
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The final Bitcoin halving, where the mining reward becomes smaller than one satoshi, is expected to occur in 2140
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New emails from Satoshi Nakamoto show that the bitcoin creator warned against pushing bitcoin’s anonymous angle
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The anniversary comes amid rampant speculation about a US spot bitcoin ETF approval
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Opinion: Decels want to stop artificial intelligence before it takes over the world. Some say the US wants to do the same to crypto
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The Bitcoin white paper was released on Oct. 31, 2008, and the cryptocurrency’s first block was mined on Jan. 3, 2009
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Coinbase holds about 5% of the total bitcoin in circulation, according to on-chain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence
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Finney, who received the first bitcoin transaction from Satoshi Nakamoto, was recorded presenting code at the Crypto ‘98 conference
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An old saying goes, “Do you wanna be right or do you wanna be rich?” These folks are at least one of those.
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Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin white paper, first published in 2008, outlined the design philosophy of the flagship cryptocurrency.
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Magnus Granath, better known as Hodlonaut, sued the self-proclaimed ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ and won
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London High Court rejects Craig Wright’s claim that developers must help him access bitcoins from allegedly lost private keys
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Craig Wright, who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, was found liable for conversion — a form of theft — related to intellectual property. What are the chances Satoshi’s coins will be used to pay up?
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The man who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, awaits judgement in multibillion-dollar civil suit. Does it even matter if he is in fact Satoshi?
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