9 Fathers of Bitcoin
The anonymous creator of cryptocurrencies, the enigmatic Bitcoin founder, the enigmatic Blockchain implementor, and the cryptic economic revolutionist. Finding Satoshi Nakamoto (father of Bitcoin), who vanished in mid-2010, is like finding a needle in a haystack. There are a few names that could be Satoshi Nakamato -
Andresen, Gavin
Introduction:- He is originally from the Silicon Valley of Northern California State. He is an American software developer from Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts State.
Possible Cause:- Anderson was given control of the source code repository and network alert keys by Nakamoto before he vanished.
Publicity:- Gavin created the first bitcoin faucet, which gave each user 5 bitcoins.
Finney, Hal
Introduction:- An American software engineer who was born in Coalinga, Fresno County, California, and eventually moved to Phoenix, Arizona.
Possible Cause:- Nakamoto executed the first Bitcoin transaction with Finney.
Publicity:- During his final year, extortionists demanded Bitcoin from him; he was paralysed in 2013 and died in 2014.
Nakamoto, Dorian
Introduction:- Born in Japan, he moved to California to work as a software developer.
Possible Cause:- His Japanese name is Satoshi, hence he is officially known as Satoshi Nakamoto. For many years, he was Hal Finney's neighbour, suggesting a link to Finney's initial transaction.
Publicity:- In April of 2014, the bitcoin community organised an online campaign to thank him, raising more than 100 bitcoins.
"Nick" Szabo, Nicholas
Introduction:- A Hungari-American computer scientist from Washington.
Possible Cause:- Szabo developed the method of "Bit Gold" in 1998, which was a decentralised digital currency based on a complicated puzzle-solving algorithm; Bitcoin is based on the same architecture.
Publicity:- Szabo announced his desire to develop a live version of his imaginary currency in a comment on his blog in 2008, the same year Satoshi Nakamoto posted the BTC whitepaper.
Hanyecz, Laszlo
Introduction:- An American computer programmer from Florida.
Possible Cause:- Hanyecz invented GPU mining, the most profitable POW mining algorithm.
Publicity:- He was the first person to make a successful Bitcoin purchase. On May 22, 2010, he exchanged 10 bitcoins for two $41 pizzas from Papa John's.
Sturdivant, Jeremy
Introduction:- An American from Florida.
Possible Cause:- The then student who accepted a 10k BTC deal with BTC Pizza legend Jercos at the time.
Publicity:- Following the initial purchase, BTC began to appreciate in value on the market.
Musk, Elon
Introduction:- South African-born business magnate in the United States.
Possible Cause:- Musk founded "PayPal" in 1999 with the intention of creating a digital currency, but the company's management only accepted it as a fiat money transfer business. As a result, Musk sold PayPal, and is said to have employed the concept of Digital currency under a pseudonym.
Publicity:- As a self-proclaimed Dogecoin lover, he has been identified as a cryptocurrency advocate.
Back, Adam
Introduction:- London based crypto tycoon.
Possible Cause:- He created Hashcash, a PoW algorithm that is used in the Bitcoin mining process.
Publicity:- Promoting the use of satellites and mesh networks for bitcoin transactions as backup of the Internet.
Wright, Craig
Introduction- An Australian computer scientist and businessman.
Possible Cause:- There is no apparent cause at this time.
Publicity:- In an attempt to be recognised as Satoshi Nakamoto, he lost multiple legal proceedings
