April 5 marks the birthday of the mysterious creator of Bitcoin (BTC) - Satoshi Nakamoto, according to the information provided to the global network P2P Foundation when they registered. While the identity of the creator still remains unknown, crypto enthusiasts took note of when the age of Satoshi has increased by one year on their P2P Foundation profile — suggested to be April 5, 1975. Theories have arisen with the names of computer scientist and ‘Bit Gold’ creator Nick Szabo, early BTC contributor Hal Finney, cryptographer Adam Back and Japanese-American engineer and physicist Dorian Nakamoto being suggested as possible creators.

Some crypto users have suggested that the date — perhaps representing a group of people rather than an individual — could be connected to an executive order issued by the US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933. The President had mandated the need for U.S. citizens to return all gold coins and gold certificates worth more than $100 to the Federal Reserve; an action that helped to prop up the US dollar.

Satoshi’s birthday has been acknowledged and celebrated in a number of ways. In 2021, a bronze sculpture of the Bitcoin creator was unveiled in Graphisoft Park, Budapest, and there have even been calls for the recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences to go to Satoshi. Additionally, bitcoin fans commemorate their cryptocurrency by noting the dates of various significant events, such as the Bitcoin white paper being published on October 31, 2008, and Bitcoin Genesis Day on January 3, 2009, the moment when Satoshi created the first BTC block. Other dates seen to be of importance in the Bitcoin calendar include the future halving anticipated in 2024 and the predicted minting of the 21 millionth coin.

At present, the price of Bitcoin is close to $28,296 with a 26% increase in the last 30 days. As for the mystery of Satoshi Nakamoto’s identity, is remains as mysterious as ever; though one cannot help but wonder if the inventor needed to protect themselves with an alias.



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