Fourteen years ago today, a still unidentified person or group using the pseudonym “Satoshi Nakamoto” sent out an email about a nine-page white paper outlining principles for a blockchain-based digital currency that became bitcoin. Sent to a cryptography enthusiast group’s mailing list called Cyperpunk on...
Bitcoin reached $8,937.25 early on Monday (May 27) — its highest level in more than 12 months. And analysts have pointed to a boost on Google Trends for the keyword ‘bitcoin,’ which might suggest renewed interest in the crypto. In fact, Crypto Rand, a website...
Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright has been awarded registrations for a white paper and early computer code related to the cryptocurrency. The U.S. Copyright Office named the Australian computer scientist as the author of the marketing proposal and code for bitcoin, under the pseudonym Satoshi...
Antivirus pioneer John McAfee claims that he knows the true identify of bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. But after telling Bloomberg he would expose Nakamoto “within a week,” McAfee said Tuesday (April 23) on Twitter that he was holding off because the controversy it would cause...
May 20, 2024
A judge at London’s High Court ruled Monday (May 20) that Australian computer scientist Craig Wright lied and forged documents to support his false claim of being the inventor of bitcoin. Judge James Mellor ruled in March that the evidence Wright was not the pseudonymous “Satoshi Nakamoto” and gave his reasons for this conclusion Monday, Reuters reported Monday. The […]
October 31, 2022
Fourteen years ago today, a still unidentified person or group using the pseudonym “Satoshi Nakamoto” sent out an email about a nine-page white paper outlining principles for a blockchain-based digital...
May 28, 2019
Bitcoin reached $8,937.25 early on Monday (May 27) — its highest level in more than 12 months. And analysts have pointed to a boost on Google Trends for the keyword...
May 22, 2019
Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright has been awarded registrations for a white paper and early computer code related to the cryptocurrency. The U.S. Copyright Office named the Australian computer scientist...
