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Twelve years ago, on this very day of April 23, 2011, a cryptic individual, known only as Satoshi Nakamoto, penned one of the final correspondences to software developer Mike Hearn. The elusive mastermind behind Bitcoin conveyed in the message that he, she, or they had \u201cmoved on to other things\u201d and confidently asserted that the project was entrusted in \u201cgood hands.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Behind the Bitcoin Curtain: The Final Correspondence of Satoshi Nakamoto<\/h2>\n

Following the creation of Bitcoin<\/a> and the initial implementation of the technology, the enigmatic Satoshi Nakamoto vanished from the public eye in December of 2010. The last public message from the elusive innovator was issued on December 12th of that year, in which Nakamoto underscored<\/a> that \u201cthere\u2019s more work to do on [denial-of-service] DoS.\u201d Subsequently, Nakamoto corresponded with a few of the developers behind Bitcoin, including Mike Hearn and Gavin Andresen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hearn received<\/a> an email from Nakamoto on April 23rd, 2011, titled \u201cHolding coins in an unspendable state for a rolling time window,\u201d in which he inquired about the possibility of Nakamoto\u2019s return to the Bitcoin community. However, Nakamoto asserted that he, she, or they had \u201cmoved on to other things,\u201d confidently stating that the project was in \u201cgood hands with Gavin and everyone.\u201d The Bitcoin creator also expressed hope for the continued development of Bitcoinj<\/a>, Mike Hearn\u2019s Java version of Bitcoin, as it \u201cgives Java devs something to work on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nakamoto: \u2018Instead, Make It About the Open-Source Project\u2019<\/h2>\n

A few days later, Andresen received an email from Nakamoto, in which the pseudonymous innovator expressed frustration with the negative portrayal he received in the press. \u201cI wish you wouldn\u2019t keep talking about me as a mysterious shadowy figure,\u201d wrote<\/a> Nakamoto. \u201cThe press just turns that into a pirate currency angle. Maybe instead make it about the open-source project and give more credit to your dev contributors; it helps motivate them.\u201d This email is widely considered to be the last known communication from Bitcoin\u2019s enigmatic creator to anyone.<\/p>\n

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Nakamoto wanted the press to concentrate on the open-source development of Bitcoin rather than the creator being referred to as a \u201cmysterious shadowy figure.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There was speculation on March 7th, 2014, when an article in Newsweek claimed that the creator of Bitcoin was a 64-year-old Japanese-American named Dorian Nakamoto<\/a>. However, a message purportedly authored by Nakamoto appeared on the P2P Foundation\u2019s online forum stating<\/a>, \u201cI am not Dorian Nakamoto.\u201d Since then, no additional messages from the elusive Bitcoin creator have surfaced, and the emails to Hearn and Andresen remain a poignant reminder of Nakamoto\u2019s decade-long absence from public view.<\/p>\n

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What do you think happened to Satoshi Nakamoto? Share your thoughts and theories in the comments below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\nJamie Redman <\/h6>\n

\nJamie Redman is the News Lead at Bitcoin.com News and a financial tech journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He has a passion for Bitcoin, open-source code, and decentralized applications. Since September 2015, Redman has written more than 6,000 articles for Bitcoin.com News about the disruptive protocols emerging today.

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