The mysterious creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, is celebrating its 50th anniversary today, while its innovation is revolutionizing global finance and now appeals to major economic powers.
The creator of Bitcoin celebrates its 50th anniversary today
Today, April 5, 2025, marks the 50ᵉ anniversary of Satoshi Nakamoto, the enigmatic creator of Bitcoin. According to information on his old profile of the P2P Foundation, Nakamoto was born on April 5, 1975, although this date could be symbolic rather than factual.
This date has probably not been chosen at random. It corresponds precisely to the 42nd anniversary of the American presidential decree 6102, signed on April 5, 1933, which prohibited American citizens from having gold to stabilize the dollar.
Despite fifteen years of research and speculation, Nakamoto's identity remains the greatest mystery in the technological world. Many candidates have been offered, from cryptographer Adam Back to the developer Nick Szabo.
In March 2024, a British court definitively dismissed the claims of Craig Wright, qualifying his affirmations according to which he would be Satoshi as “deliberately false”. An HBO documentary from October 2024 suggested that the Canadian developer Peter Todd could be Nakamoto, which he firmly denied.
What remains undeniable is the importance of this anonymity for the decentralized nature of Bitcoin. Without the figure of central authority, the invention of Nakamoto was able to develop as a truly distributed network, faithful to its original philosophy.
From experimentation to the financial revolution
In fifteen years, the creation of Nakamoto has traveled an extraordinary path. From a niche experience in Cyplerpunks communities, Bitcoin has become an active valued at more than 1600 billion dollars which transforms the global financial landscape.
The adoption of bitcoin as a strategic reserve by the American government marks a historic turning point. Last month, President Donald Trump signed a decree establishing a Bitcoin strategic reserve, officially incorporating the crypto into the financial system of the world's leading power.
Meanwhile, Nakamoto's treasure remains intact. The 1.1 million bitcoins linked to his addresses, still since early 2010, are worth more than $ 90 billion today. This fortune would place Nakamoto among the 20 richest people in the world, even surpassing Bill Gates.
Nakamoto's genius lies not only in the technical design of Bitcoin, but also in its decision to remain anonymous. By disappearing from the public scene in 2011, he enabled his creation to become truly decentralized, without the figure of authority.
The message written in the Genesis Block of Bitcoin – evoking the bailout of banks by the British government in 2009 – remains a powerful symbol of its vision of an alternative monetary system, freed from central authorities.
At 50, whether it is an individual or a group, the legacy of Satoshi Nakamoto now exceeds his own identity. It has caused not only a technology, but a movement that continues to transform our conception of money and economic sovereignty.
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