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Pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin who published the whitepaper in October 2008, launched the network in January 2009, then vanished from public view in 2010.

Cryptographer who coined smart contracts in 1994 and designed Bit Gold in 1998, a proof-of-work digital currency seen as the closest precursor to Bitcoin.

Pioneering cryptographer and cypherpunk who received the first-ever Bitcoin transaction from Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009. Early developer of PGP and RPOW.

Wei Dai 1998 proposal for decentralized anonymous digital cash, the first reference in the Bitcoin whitepaper and a key precursor to Bitcoin design.

Satoshi Nakamoto nine-page paper from October 2008 introducing Bitcoin as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system without relying on trusted third parties.

Pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin who published the whitepaper in October 2008, launched the network in January 2009, then vanished from public view in 2010.

Cryptographer who coined smart contracts in 1994 and designed Bit Gold in 1998, a proof-of-work digital currency seen as the closest precursor to Bitcoin.

Cryptographer who invented blind signatures and DigiCash in the 1980s, laying the intellectual foundations for digital cash and the cypherpunk movement.

Mathematician and co-founder of the cypherpunks mailing list in 1992, author of A Cypherpunk Manifesto that laid the ideological groundwork for Bitcoin.

Satoshi Nakamoto nine-page paper from October 2008 introducing Bitcoin as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system without relying on trusted third parties.

Wei Dai 1998 proposal for decentralized anonymous digital cash, the first reference in the Bitcoin whitepaper and a key precursor to Bitcoin design.