The collected writings of Bitcoin's creator
Have you, like the rest of the world, speculated about the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin's anonymous creator?
As the world's first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin went online in 2009 and has since revolutionised our understanding of currencies and money. Without the backing of any government or central bank, Bitcoin is a fully electronic, virtual currency built on advanced cryptographic systems. Like the currency he created, the identity of Bitcoin's creator Satoshi Nakamoto is virtual and exists only online. The Nakamoto persona, which could represent an individual or a group, exists solely in those online publications that introduced and explained Bitcoin in its early days. Here, for the first time in a professionally compiled edition, are the central writings that trace Bitcoin's creation. These include:
- Satoshi Nakamoto's emails and forum posts listed in chronological order
- A layman-accessible explanation of the fundamentals of Bitcoin
- An examination of the potential far-reaching economic implications of Bitcoin
- The groundbreaking whitepaper that started it all
The Book of Satoshi presents a convenient way to access those writings that Bitcoin's creator produced over the two years that constitute his "public life" … at least under the name Satoshi Nakamoto. Beginning on 1 November 2009 with the publication of the groundbreaking design document describing Bitcoin, this public existence ended around the time PC World speculated about a possible connection between Bitcoin and WikiLeaks. Was there a relationship between Bitcoin and the website that became notorious for publishing classified material? Draw your own conclusions.
Nakamoto's true identity will likely never be known. The writings reproduced here are probably all the world will ever hear from him regarding Bitcoin's construction, function, and theoretical foundations. Want to learn more about Bitcoin? Go straight to the source — the writings of its creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, himself.
Phil Champagne is the managing director of Wren Investment Group LLC, a company that invests in real estate through equity financing from its financial partners.
His knowledge of the Austrian School of economics allows Wren Investment Group LLC and its partners to make investments from the perspective of sound money. Phil has a background in computer software and holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Université de Sherbrooke in Canada. He began his interest in Bitcoin in 2012.
For this important book, Phil Champagne has gathered Nakamoto's most significant contributions from the various internet forums in which they were originally published and arranged them in chronological order. This creates a logical timeline of the evolution of Bitcoin as it emerged from Satoshi Nakamoto's keyboard. In a sense, this book could be regarded as Bitcoin's autobiography.
— Jeff Berwick, founder and editor-in-chief of The Dollar Vigilante