13

I heard that the name may be a pseudonym and that very little is known about the initiator of bitcoin. Also it seems that he has stopped working on the main client.

When was his last verifiable life sign? Did he ever mention or announce his retirement?

Elias Zamaria
  • 153
  • 10
Flow
  • 736
  • 6
  • 23
  • 3
    I'd say this is substantially different from the "who is" question. – nealmcb Aug 31 '11 at 20:13
  • 1
    @nealmcb While it *is* substantially different, it only matters that it's sufficiently different to not be an *exact* duplicate. It clearly meets that threshold (although whether it is off-topic is a separate issue). – Michael McGowan Aug 31 '11 at 20:18
  • 4
    It's off topic. This site is about Bitcoin. It doens't need to become fodder for Who-is-Satoshi-Nakamoto trivia. Any biographical information you feel the need to expound on can easily be contained in the other thread. No need to perpetuate this this content of dubious value through the site. – Robert Cartaino Aug 31 '11 at 21:25
  • 2
    In my opinion, a security relevant and trust demanding software like bitcoin, needs that nearly all questions about their developers should are allowed. More on meta: http://meta.bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/32/should-we-allow-question-about-the-developers – Flow Aug 31 '11 at 21:51
  • 6
    @Robert You claimed (probably rightly so IMO) that it was off-topic, yet you closed it as "exact duplicate." It's a pet peeve of mine that far, far too many questions on SE are closed as **exact** duplicate when they are NOT **exact** duplicates. – Michael McGowan Aug 31 '11 at 21:59
  • 2
    Michael McGowan: It **is** off topic, but I was trying to compromise by providing a reference to the *other* Satoshi thread to provide an outlet for that content (closing as dupe provides a link to that content). But since the other thread has been closed, too, might as well make a clean break of it and close *this* one as off topic, too. – Robert Cartaino Sep 01 '11 at 13:55
  • 3
    @Robert- I say this is on topic. – ripper234 Sep 03 '11 at 08:28
  • 3
    Why this question was closed? I really didn't understand the reason. I had the same doubt of the author of the question. It is very important to Bitcoin history and community. Seriously, this question is basic and if it is "off topic" I don't know what can be said or questioned about Bitcoin here. The Bitcoin wiki should be enough. This is definitely not off-topic and must be re-opened. – Felipe Nov 11 '12 at 05:30
  • Don't look at the man behind the curtain... – John Zumbrum Nov 13 '12 at 16:52
  • No one knows for sure as he could still be involved with Bitcoin in some way. Around late 2010/2011 was the last public appearance. I think Hal and Satoshi had some convos after, but he has effectively disappeared. I'd speculate that Satoshi is Wenbo Mao, but no one knows – Charles Hoskinson Apr 24 '13 at 21:44

2 Answers2

13

This was his last post on the Bitcoin Forums, December 12th, 2010. The day after he wrote this to the mailing list. As far as I know he did not (publicly) announce his retirement.

D.H.
  • 5,297
  • 3
  • 32
  • 45
-1

The creator of Bitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto sent his final emails to fellow developers in which he was transparent that he had moved on to other projects, during the time of handing over a cryptographic key he had utilized to send network-wide alerts.

Heena Kousar
  • 11
  • 2