Ripple CTO Says He Could Have Been Part of "Satoshi," Here's What Happened

Satoshi Nakamoto disappeared about 12 years ago

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Green Satoshi Token has gained 49% in the past two weeks: here’s where to buy GST coin

The Green Satoshi Token (GST) has been rising for the better part of the past month and today it is still on the rise. Much of the rising has occurred in the past two weeks when it has gained more than 49%.

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Bitcoin Is Absurd, Part II: Struggles For Satoshi

The recent Chinese crackdown on bitcoin mining is confusing, but not incongruent with their ideology.

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The Bogdanoff Twins Claim They Participated in Helping Satoshi Nakamoto Build Bitcoin

Following the infamous meme that shows one of the Bogdanoff twins on the phone telling whales to initiate a crypto-market dump, the Bogdanoff brothers now claim they took part in inventing the leading cryptocurrency bitcoin with Satoshi Nakamoto.

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Is The Crypto Industry In Danger Of Giving Away Satoshi’s Gift?

When Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin whitepaper back in 2008, a significant part of his definition of Bitcoin and its function included the elimination of a middleman in the process of transacting.

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Fidelity Digital Assets Quotes Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto in Latest Investment Thesis

Fidelity Digital Assets (FDA) quotes Satoshi Nakamoto in its latest investment thesis report. The thesis is part of a series of reports examining the perspectives driving interest and investment in bitcoin.

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Satoshi’s Unappreciated Marketing Genius, Feat. Dan Held

There is a constant free market competition to define the Bitcoin narrative, and Kraken’s Dan Held argues this is part of what makes the protocol so strong.

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Did Satoshi Plan for Bitcoin Halvings to Coincide with US Presidential Elections?

Bitcoin Halvings happen every four years — coincidentally falling in line with US election cycles. Was this all a part of Satoshi Nakamoto’s master plan? There has been much speculation over why Satoshi Nakamoto chose halvings for Bitcoin to take place roughly every four years.

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Bitcoin’s 2019 in Lightning: What This Year Brought Us (Part 2)

Sparkswap, Lightning Loop, Satoshi’s Games and More

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Bitcoin History Part 21: Miners Pour One out for Satoshi

There are a few ways of looking at bitcoin mining. As an ostensibly selfish enterprise, wherein miners are seeking to extract precious coins for profit. And as a community of individuals who envisage a better way of generating, handling and using money, and are motivated to secure the Bitcoin network.

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Bitcoin History Part 19: Wikileaks and the Hornet’s Nest

“WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet’s nest, and the swarm is headed towards us. ” With those 13 words, Satoshi Nakamoto stepped into oblivion, leaving a blizzard of unanswered questions that would enshroud his disappearance.

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As Bitcoin for Payments Concept Grows, So is the Lightning Network Fee Debate

As the Bitcoin Lightning Network evolves and becomes something bigger than it was before, several developers are discussing its future at the Lightning Conference, which is happening in Berlin right now.

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Bitcoin History Part 18: The First Bitcoin Wallet

Bitcoin users today are blessed with a panoply of feature-rich software and hardware wallets. When Bitcoin launched, however, there were no wallets. It took Satoshi Nakamoto to engineer the first desktop client, and his creation proved surprisingly resilient, serving the community faithfully for years.

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Satoshi Nakamoto’s new self-reveal ends in nothing

Two parts of Satoshi Nakamoto’s self-disclosure were published at satoshinrh. com and at the Ivy McLemore PR agency blog. Why two at once? Allegedly, there was a huge interest in this publication. Illogical, especially for PR pros.

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Disappointing Second Instalment To Satoshi Nakamoto Reveal

You couldn’t make it up… except of course, that someone did. Following the interesting first part of the latest self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto ‘reveal’, part two gave us an actual name.

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‘New’ Satoshi Nakamoto Reveal (Part 2): Real Name, Lost Private Keys, New Project and More

Coinspeaker ‘New’ Satoshi Nakamoto Reveal (Part 2): Real Name, Lost Private Keys, New Project and MoreThere is an interesting claim made by Mr. Caan concerning the status of Satoshi Nakamoto’s 980,000 Bitcoin fortune.

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Self-Proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin 'Reveal' Is an Epic Fail

By CCN Markets: The latest self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto overpromised and underdelivered in Part 1 of his "big reveal" — probably to the surprise of no one in crypto. In a meandering blog post, the self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor did not reveal his real name, nor did he produce a photo of himself.

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Bitcoin History Part 14: The 1,000 BTC Poker Game

Bitcoin and poker have a history that stretches back to the very start. Perhaps, even, to before the start of Bitcoin as we know it, for there is evidence that Satoshi had a background in poker. What’s beyond dispute is that in March 2010, the world’s first bitcoin poker tournament took place, with the nascent […] The post Bitcoin History Part 14: The 1,000 BTC Poker Game appeared first on Bitcoin News.

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Goldmoney Founder: Bitcoin Is An Enterprise And Users Are Akin To Its Shareholders

Unless you are very young, you probably remember the 2008 financial crisis. The last crisis that rocked the financial world and its consequences (the bank bailouts, for instance) were part of the reason why Bitcoin was created.

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There’s $70,000 worth of Bitcoin hidden inside this image

Satoshi’s Treasure, the alternate reality scavenger hunt for $1 million worth of Bitcoin, has just released its 14th clue. Best part is: it’s loaded with $70,000 in Bitcoin. “[Three] keys and additional $70,000 will be rewarded to hunters who solve the puzzle,” reads a notice on the game‘s website.

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5 Not-So-Crazy Bitcoin Theories Revealed by Alex ‘Satoshi’ Jones

  By CCN: The man, the meme, the legend – Alex Jones has become an ingrained part of the Bitcoin subculture in recent years, thanks to several revelations made on his flagship show Infowars.

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Solotoshi is Satoshi or Just a Part of Another Conspiracy Theory?

Coinspeaker Solotoshi is Satoshi or Just a Part of Another Conspiracy Theory?Paul Solotshi Calder Le Roux, doubted as a real Satoshi Nakamoto is also the creator of encryption software E4M and TrueCrypt, the cryptography encryption software Satoshi Nakamoto likely used to lock up his 1 million BTC.

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Op Ed: Debunking Bitcoin Myths: ‘It’s a Ponzi Scheme’

The accusation that bitcoin is nothing more than a Ponzi scheme is perhaps the oldest, longest-standing criticism of the digital bearer asset. The basic idea is that there is nothing of value here and the entire purpose of bitcoin’s existence is to enrich Satoshi Nakamoto and the speculators who bought in for a few pennies or dollars in the early days by tricking others into buying in at a higher price.

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Fuming Craig Wright Demands Podcaster Tell Court He Created Bitcoin

By CCN: We previously reported on Craig Wright’s legal actions against Peter McCormack, host of the What Bitcoin Did podcast. Wright claims McCormack engaged in libel by calling him a “fraud” for claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto.

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Bisq’s Lead Developer Makes Way for DAO to Take Over

The founder of decentralized crypto exchange Bisq has stepped away from all roles and activities, allowing the exchange’s DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) to oversee its operations.

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Craig Wright Rants About Why Satoshi ‘F*cking’ Abandoned Bitcoin

By CCN: Even as he sues his critics left, right, and center over their refusal to recognize him as Satoshi Nakamoto, self-declared Bitcoin creator Craig Wright continues to drop bombshells that ignite even more controversy.

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Bitcoin Core 0.18.0 Release: Here’s What’s New

Today, May 2, 2019, marks the official release of Bitcoin Core 0. 18. 0, the 18th generation of Bitcoin’s original software client launched by Satoshi Nakomoto almost 10 years ago, and still the dominant Bitcoin implementation on the network today.

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Bitcoin Cash blocks tagged with “Satoshi Nakamoto,” rumors of impending attack

Mysteriously, 25 percent of mined Bitcoin Cash blocks are being tagged with “Satoshi Nakamoto. ” Given the May 15th hard fork as part of a scheduled protocol upgrade, it is rumored that the tagging is a miner signaling 51 percent attack.

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Bitcoin SV [BSV]: Calvin Ayre-backed Coingeek article claims Binance is involved in ‘criminal operations’

Bitcoin SV [BSV], the BCH hardfork, and Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, have been at loggerheads since the exchange delisted Satoshi’s Vision last week. It looks like their dispute isn’t over yet, with Coingeek, the BSV mouthpiece, reporting that Binance plays a part in “criminal operations,” citing several sources.

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John McAfee may be extradited like Julian Assange, if he ousts Satoshi Nakamoto

John McAfee may be in trouble. The anti-virus software pioneer’s plans to reveal the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto to the world were thwarted to avoid extradition to the United States. Craig Wright’s string of lawsuits may have played a part in pushing McAfee to reveal the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto.

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Bitcoin [BTC]: John McAfee reveals he received many emails from people claiming to be ‘Satoshi’

The ‘who is the real Satoshi Nakamoto’ drama in the world of cryptocurrencies has been ongoing ever since the name of the elusive Bitcoin [BTC] creator was made public. Fast forward ten years after the inception of BTC and the comments around that topics have reached new heights.

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Op Ed: Why Bitcoin’s “Toxic” Maximalism Makes Sense

Over the years, Bitcoin has gained a reputation for having a “toxic” community of users around it. This accusation is mostly thrown at Bitcoin by proponents of altcoins and those who have supported various Bitcoin hard fork attempts in the past.

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BLOCKTV: Interchange Founder is Setting the Stage for Institutional Investors in Crypto

“Satoshi planted the seed of Bitcoin in the absolute moment of despair in the 2008 financial crisis and that wasn’t a mistake. That was a clear shot across the bow of central banks,” Dan Held, the co-founder of Interchange said in an interview to BLOCKTV.

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Op Ed: How Bitcoin’s Protocol of Peace Can End the Nuclear Age

Since it came to life in early 2009, Bitcoin has begun disrupting the world of finance. Over the years, this decentralized digital currency came to mean different things for different people.

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4 Reasons to Believe the Deep State (or the NSA) Created Bitcoin

Who is the creator of Bitcoin? The mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto, who has written the Bitcoin Whitepaper, has never been identified. Since 2009, there have been many theories of whom created Bitcoin.

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Engages in Bitcoin Lightning Network ‘Torch’ Experiment

Jack Dorsey has taken part in a ceremonial usage of Lightning Network “for the laughs. ” The idea mimics the Olympic torch. Participants pass microscopic amounts of Bitcoin around the Lightning Network, using Lightning-enabled wallets to generate and pay invoices.

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Bitcoin 2019: A Peer-to-Peer Conference for the Whole Bitcoin Community

The first major Bitcoin conference, Bitcoin 2013, was held in San Jose, California. Organized by the Bitcoin Foundation, it was centered on Bitcoin specifically and the more pragmatic issues that Bitcoin was trying to solve, particularly in the areas of Bitcoin technology, Bitcoin mining, Bitcoin business and regulatory issues.

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Tron and BitTorrent’s BTT Are Satoshi Nakamoto’s Words Come True

For an unconfirmed amount (rumored to be $126 million), Tron did acquire BitTorrent and just like that they had access to more than 170 million monthly users spread across 133 countries complete with a 22 percent upstream traffic.

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Bitcoin’s Boom, Bubble and Bust Breakdown: How the Top Crypto Asset’s First Decade in the Game Went?

With the 10th anniversary of the first Bitcoin transaction looming just around the corner, the global effects and the cryptocurrencies that have been created since are still a part of a market teeming with uncertainty.

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Neutrino: A Privacy-Preserving Light Wallet Protocol

Lightning is all the rage these days and, while it's an exciting development, users currently have to have a full node running in order to transact in it. In this article, I'm going to introduce Neutrino, a new protocol for light clients to get the data that they need while preserving privacy and without trusting a central server.

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Welcome to the reGenesis of Bitcoin Magazine!

On December 4, 2018, our CEO, David Bailey, made an exciting announcement: Bitcoin Magazine would be returning to its roots and shifting its focus to Bitcoin-related stories only.

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Seven New Year's Resolutions for Bitcoiners

In the time-honored tradition of goal setting for the new year, Bitcoin Magazine has compiled a short list of seven possible New Year’s Resolutions for Bitcoiners as we head into 2019.

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Vitalik Buterin: Bitcoin is ‘Genuinely Cool Tech,’ Bitcoin SV Is ‘Pure Dumpster Fire’

Bitcoin Cash ‘Satoshi’s Vision’ (BSV), the new hard fork of Bitcoin Cash (BCH), is a “pure dumpster fire,” Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has said. Cool Vs. Dumpster Hot Air In a Twitter discussion with cryptocurrency commentator and entrepreneur Tuur Demeester December 25, Buterin debated the pros and cons of two algorithms used by many cryptocurrencies: Proof-of-Work (PoW) and Proof-of-Stake (PoS).

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Pierre Rochard: “Lightning Adoption Will Basically Mirror Bitcoin Adoption”

Lightning is a second-layer solution for the Bitcoin blockchain that addresses the scaling issues surrounding it today. Similar to Bitcoin, Lightning is an open-source protocol in which anyone can contribute to.

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Wendy McElroy: From Drugs to Gold and Prostitution, the Blockchain Minimizes Violence

The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 5: Saving the World Through Anarchism Chapter 11, Part 9 From Drugs to Gold and Prostitution, the Blockchain Minimizes Violence The most obvious objection to relying on self-defense…and restitution to prevent and rectify rights violations, is that these measures will be inadequate to deter criminals…Most people […] The post Wendy McElroy: From Drugs to Gold and Prostitution, the Blockchain Minimizes Violence appeared first on Bitcoin News.

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Wendy McElroy: Avoiding Fraud by Going Crypto-Anarchist

The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 5: Saving the World Through Anarchism Chapter 11, Part 8 Avoiding Fraud By Going Crypto-Anarchist A transfer on the blockchain is a simplistic peer-to-peer contract, which memorializes the terms for those involved and is seen to be valid by the surrounding community through transparency.

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Bitcoin’s Tech Trends of 2018: What This Year Brought Us (Part 1)

Where 2017’s dizzying price highs embedded “hodl” into the public consciousness, 2018 was the year that “buidl" became a trend in the crypto-industry — and Bitcoin was no exception.

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Wendy McElroy: Don’t Smash the State, Bypass the State

The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 5: Saving the World Through Anarchism Chapter 11, Part 7 Crypto Justice: Don’t Smash the State, Bypass the State. The 19th century individualist-anarchist Benjamin Tucker referred to anarchism as “society by contract.

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Wendy McElroy: How the Blockchain Provides Private Justice

The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 5: Saving the World Through Anarchism Chapter 11, Part 6 How the Blockchain Provides Private Justice The key to…an anarcho-capitalist court system is found in the concept of a “personal judiciary”.

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