Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonym of the person or group who invented bitcoin, published its white paper to the Cryptography mailing list on 31 October 2008, and released the first software in January 2009. The real identity behind the name is unknown. The name is Japanese, but the writing was in fluent English, which has led many to guess at other backgrounds, though none of those guesses has been confirmed. This version starts in a place that is never named.

Satoshi is known for the white paper, the original reference software, and years of work with early cryptographers and develop