Bitcoin’s legendary creator Satoshi Nakamoto turned 48 today, at least according to information provided to the global network P2P Foundation at the time of registration.
While the identity of Bitcoin (BTC) creator and his date of birth are not known to the public, crypto enthusiasts have noted Satoshi’s age. gain Year by year in the P2P Foundation profile suggesting a birthday of April 5, 1975. Crypto users believe that Satoshi may represent a group of people rather than an individual, so the date is 1933. Suggesting it may come from the day the US president took office. Franklin Delano Roosevelt began to wean the country off the gold standard and issued an executive order to all U.S. citizens to return his gold coins and certificates worth over $100 to the Federal Reserve. bottom.
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Guessing who helped create the original cryptocurrency has become a popular pastime among many users on social media and online forums. Among the names suggested are computer scientist and Bitgold creator Nick Szabo, early BTC contributor Hal Finney (who sadly passed away in 2014), and cryptographer Adam. Buck, and Japanese-American engineer and physicist Dorian Nakamoto.
Fun Fact: Today, April 5th, is Satoshi Nakamoto’s birthday.
Background: The US government banned private gold custody on April 5, 1933, supporting the US dollar.Satoshi has chosen this controversial date as his birthday on the P2P Foundation forum website
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— Lugano Plan ₿ (@LuganoPlanB) April 5, 2023
While Satoshi’s face remains unknown, members of the cryptocurrency industry continue to honor Satoshi through caricatures in other ways. A bronze statue of the creator is displayed, and each year many people pitch Satoshi as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics.
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Other dates to watch for BTC fans include the Bitcoin White Paper publication on October 31, 2008, and Bitcoin Genesis Day on January 3, 2009. coin. The next Bitcoin halving expected in 2024 and the mining of the 21 millionth coin.
At the time of publication, the price of Bitcoin was $28,296, up more than 26% over the past 30 days.
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