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Satoshi Nakamoto is considered to be the creator of Bloxxhain and Bitcoin technology. Until now, no one knows whether it is one person, a group of programmers or artificial intelligence.

There are a lot of facts, rumors around this name. There were several attempts to find out who is hiding behind this name, but they were unsuccessful.

According to one version, Satoshi Nakamoto is from Japan, but currently lives in the northeastern United States. Periodically, someone tries to catch the hype on Satoshi’s name and declares himself to be him. In the US, journalist Leah Goodman spent months investigating and looking for traces of Satoshi. She eventually managed to find a man of Japanese descent named Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto. However, the accidental namesake of the genius of the cryptoworld himself admitted that he had never heard anything about bitcoins.

Periodically, the media published articles proving that under the name of Nakamoto hides professor of economics Nick Sabo (Sobo), a mathematician from Japan Motizuki Shinite, the owner of crypto exchanges Ross Ulbricht and many others. The press also suggested that Nakamoto is Ilon Musk.

However, all these investigations remained only versions, not supported by reliable facts. The Satoshi candidates themselves deny 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, making him one of the richest people in the world. In 2008, when blockchain came into existence, he was 37 years old.

As of 2010, Satoshi Nakamoto has officially stepped aside. No new publications or statements signed with that name have appeared again.

Technically, when bitcoin was created, there was a limit of 21 million coins. Satoshi also stipulated this rule.

If Satoshi Nakamoto decides to sell all his bitcoins at once, it will crash the cryptocurrency market and devalue bitcoin to almost zero.

Hopefully this won’t happen in the near future, bitcoin will remain the flagship of cryptocurrencies and what helps the whole system balance.