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Satoshi Nakamoto timeline
Satoshi Nakamoto was publicly active for about 30 months, from the white paper in October 2008 to final emails in April 2011. The coins mined in that period have never moved.
1Chronology
- The domain bitcoin.org is registered.
- Satoshi publishes the white paper Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System on the Cryptography Mailing List.
- The Genesis block is mined, timestamped 18:15:05 UTC.
- Block 1 is mined; Bitcoin v0.1 is released. The Patoshi miner begins.
- First transaction: 10 BTC to Hal Finney in block 170.
- Satoshi announces Bitcoin on the P2P Foundation forum.
- First published exchange rate (New Liberty Standard): about 1,309 BTC per US dollar.
- Bitcoin Pizza Day: 10,000 BTC for two pizzas.
- Patoshi mining stops; ≈ 1.1 million BTC accumulated.
- Mt. Gox and other exchanges begin trading; price around $0.05–0.08.
- Value-overflow bug; Satoshi helps ship a fix within hours.
- Satoshi's last public forum post.
- Final widely accepted emails, to Gavin Andresen and Mike Hearn.
- Newsweek names Dorian Nakamoto, who denies it.
- A bronze bust of Satoshi is unveiled in Budapest.
- UK High Court rules Craig Wright is not Satoshi.
- Satoshi's estimated holdings pass $100 billion as BTC rises above about $91,000; BTC crosses $100,000 in December.
- Bitcoin all-time high near $126,200; Satoshi's coins ≈ $138.8 billion.
- Satoshi's coins remain unmoved; value ≈ $92.4 billion.
See also: net worth over time · who is Satoshi?