Home / Markets / Cryptocurrency / Who is bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto? What we know—and don’t know

Back

Who is bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto? What we know—and don’t know

4 min read . Updated: 28 Nov 2021, 05:27 PM IST Paul Vigna, The Wall Street Journal

In an age in which it is hard to be anonymous, the identity of the cryptocurrency’s inventor remains a mystery

Thirteen years ago a person or group using the name Satoshi Nakamoto released a paper describing a new software system called bitcoin. Today bitcoin is worth more than $1 trillion and has sparked a phenomenon that, its proponents believe, might rewire the entire global financial network.

OPEN IN APP