In 2008 the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, gifted his 9 page whitepaper "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" to the world. In 2009 Nakamoto launched his protocol mining the first Bitcoin block himself and remained an active member of the Bitcoin community until 2011, when he "vanished," leaving the project and his one million coins behind. His true identity and whereabouts remain unknown.
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