Fifteen years ago today, on Nov. 19, 2009, Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, joined the Bitcoin forum. Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance highlighted this significant milestone in Bitcoin’s history in an X post.
Between 2009 and 2010, Satoshi was active in the community, sharing insights, addressing technical concerns and responding to community questions. These posts remain a treasure trove for Bitcoin historians, providing glimpses into the mind of the person — or group — behind the world’s first cryptocurrency. However, Satoshi’s presence on the Bitcoin forum was very brief but impactful.
Today marks 15 years since Satoshi Nakamoto joined the #Bitcoin Forum.
And the world hasn’t been the same since! pic.twitter.com/8OdDQgFyh6
— Binance (@binance) November 19, 2024
A few years after publishing the Bitcoin white paper and mining the genesis block, Satoshi exited the cryptocurrency scene. The Bitcoin white paper was launched on Oct. 31, 2008, while the genesis block was mined on Jan. 3, 2009.
On April 23, 2011, the BTC creator sent an email to another Bitcoin developer, informing him that he had “moved on to other things” and that the cryptocurrency’s future was “in good hands. “Since then, Satoshi’s previously known email accounts have been out of communication.
Though Satoshi Nakamoto has left the social media world, this early forum participation created the framework for the thriving Bitcoin community that exists today. Satoshi and early contributors started conversations that helped enhance Bitcoin’s technology and inspired countless other blockchains.
Satoshi’s legacy lives on
Fifteen years after Satoshi joined the Bitcoin forum, Bitcoin as a cryptocurrency has grown far beyond the forum where it all began. It is now a trillion-dollar asset class and the driving force behind technological innovation, as Satoshi’s legacy also remains deeply ingrained in the cryptocurrency community. However, the identity of Satoshi remains unknown even to now.
Numerous speculations have surrounded Satoshi’s identity, with some arguing that Satoshi Nakamoto was the pseudonym of a group of cryptographers rather than a single person.
At the time of writing, BTC was trading at $91,673 and valued at $1.81 trillion.
