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Satoshi Nakamoto is considered to be the creator of the blockchain and bitcoin technology. No one still knows whether it is one person, a group of programmers or artificial intelligence.

There are a lot of facts and rumors around this name. There were several attempts to find out who is hiding behind this name, but they were not successful.

According to one version, Satoshi Nakamoto comes from Japan but now lives in the north-east of the United States. Time to time, some people try to catch hype on this name and claim they are Satoshi. In the United States, journalist Liya Goodman spent several months investigating and looking for traces of Satoshi. She eventually managed to find a man of Japanese origin named Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto. However, the random namesake of the cryptoworld genius admitted himself that he had never heard anything about Bitcoins.

From time to time, articles appeared in the media proving that the name of Nakamoto hides economic professor Nick Sabo (Sobo), the Japanese mathematician Motizuki Sinite, the owner of crypto exchange Ross Ulbricht and many others. The press also suggested that Nakamoto is Ilon Musk.

However, all these investigations have remained only as versions that are not supported by reliable facts. The candidates for “Satoshi” refute themselves their involvement in the creation of blockchain and Bitcoin.

What do we know about Satoshi Nakamoto now? It is known that he owns almost one million bitcoins, what makes him one of the richest people in the world. In 2008, when the blockchain appeared, he was 37 years old.

Since 2010, Satoshi Nakamoto has officially retired. No new publications and statements signed by this name have appeared again.

Technically, when creating Bitcoin, a limit of 21 million coins was set. And this rule also Satoshi provided.

If Satoshi Nakamoto decides to sell all his bitcoins at once, this will collapse the cryptocurrency market and devaluate bitcoin to almost zero.

We hope that this will not happen in the near future, Bitcoin will remain cryptocurrency “flagship” that helps the whole system to balance.