Technology Quarterly | Brain scan
Satoshi Nakamoto, bitcoin’s enigmatic creator
The pseudonymous inventor may never be identified
ON PAPER—or at least on the blockchain—Satoshi Nakamoto is one of the richest people on the planet. Bitcoin is a semi-anonymous currency and Mr Nakamoto is a pseudonymous person, so it is hard to be sure; but he is generally reckoned to own around 1.1m bitcoin, or around 5% of the total number that will ever exist. When bitcoin hit its peak of over $19,000, that made him worth around $20bn.
This article appeared in the Technology Quarterly section of the print edition under the headline “Satoshi Nakamoto”
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