“We do not know who Satoshi is,” Thiel told the crowd. He was referring to Satoshi Nakamoto, the man who invented bitcoin, and had become an “elusive figure who might or might not exist ...

Satoshi Nakamoto, using a pseudonym, introduced Bitcoin during 2008's financial crisis. Bitcoin operates without a central authority, emphasizing its decentralized nature. Nakamoto possibly holds ...

In 2008 a cryptocurrency called bitcoin was first proposed in a digital white paper signed by someone who called himself “Satoshi Nakamoto.” A few months later, Mr. Nakamoto released the ...