Today marks what crypto enthusiasts celebrate as Satoshi Nakamoto’s 50th birthday, according to the birth date the mysterious Bitcoin creator registered on his profile for the P2P Foundation—a nonprofit organization dedicated to researching and advocating for the adoption of P2P solutions.
Based on his profile, Satoshi was born on April 5, 1975. That is, of course, as unverified as most of the lore surrounding the Satoshi saga—and the date carries symbolic weight that crypto historians find too perfect to be coincidental.
On April 5, 1933—a day that will live in infamy among monetary freedom advocates–U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6102, which required all Americans to turn in their gold coins, bullion, and certificates to the Federal Reserve.
This was part of Roosevelt’s New Deal policies to combat the Great Depression and aimed to remove gold from circulation. Worse, many forms of gold were subsequently made illegal for Americans to own the following year as part of the Gold Reserve Act.
That lasted until December 31, 1974, when the U.S. Congress passed legislation to restore the right to private gold ownership. So we’ll call it 1975. Get it? April 5, 1975.
The April 5 date aligns with the anniversary of that original order, suggesting Nakamoto deliberately chose a birth date that symbolized monetary freedom.
Before vanishing, person or people behind Nakamoto created Bitcoin by solving the so-called double-spending problem that had plagued previous digital currency attempts. He released the Bitcoin white paper on October 31, 2008, “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System,” which laid the groundwork for blockchain technology and the entire cryptocurrency ecosystem.
Bitcoin wallets associated with Nakamoto still hold approximately between 600,000 to 1 million BTC, worth billions. These coins have remained untouched since his disappearance, adding to the legend of the creator who walked away from potential fortune and fame.
The Bitcoin community continues to honor Nakamoto’s birthday each year, regardless of whether April 5, 1975, represents a real birth date or merely a clever nod to monetary history. The celebration has become part of Bitcoin culture and a reminder of the pseudonymous founder’s lasting impact on finance and technology.
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