On June 19, 2018, block number #528249 in Bitcoin’s blockchain was mined. And ever since, the crypto community has been in a frenzy. Why? Because the block hash assigned to block #528249 is 00000000000000000021e800c1e8df51b22c1588e5a624bea17e9faa34b2dc4a, and, according to calculations, it is very unlikely for a miner to compute this hash. pic.twitter.com/dSkoAiGQCV — Bitcoin Geoff “Still The Same Kids” Tarantino (@desantis) June 20, 2018 The crypto-community has been restless in trying to figure out if this low-probability event was by chance, premeditated, or maybe a legacy of Satoshi Nakamoto. When members of the crypto-community crunched the numbers to figure out how long …

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has “neither [confirmed] nor [denied] the existence” of information regarding the real identity of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, Motherboard reported June 14. Motherboard’s Daniel Oberhaus, who mainly covers topics on physics, space, cryptocurrency, and the future of energy, submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and to the CIA, requesting information regarding the identity of Satoshi. Oberhaus reported that while his request with the FBI is still open, he received a reply from the CIA that was a “Glomar response,” which refers to a response to …

A Bitcoin Cash (BCH) upgrade that will both increase block size from 8MB to 32MB and add or reactivate Bitcoin script operation codes (Op codes) has been activated today, May 15. The hard fork used the Median Time Past (MTP) for initiation, going live on next block after the MTP timestamp of 1526400000 at 16:14 UTC. Bitcoin ABC, a Bitcoin Cash full node implementation, posted on April 1 that the Bitcoin ABC 0.17.1 full node upgrade testnet was available, noting that all BCH full nodes needed to upgrade and that major exchanges and wallets were being notified. BitcoinCash.org also wrote …

Cointelegraph would like to offer you a non-exhaustive, but attentively collected list of reading - recommendations from those thought-leaders, whom we admire, and some editorial favorites. Brock Pierce, David Orban, Wang Binsheng and others contributed to this top-20 list, which includes works related to the crypto and Blockchain issues, but also those that could be useful as an inspirational tool for venture businessmen and women, fans of innovations and fintech dreamers. Reading is always a source for thinking and feeling, while thoughts and emotions are the base of creating. So we wish you always find time in the new 2018 …

The Internet can feel like a big, scary place but as you explore the online universe, you can rest assured that the dubious pleasure of accidentally stepping in dog shit remains strictly the preserve of the non-virtual world. However, as you run into yet another ICO, it can sometimes feel as if a fresh turd has been squashed beneath your tread. That “ICO 1.0” can cause quite the stink if you happen to stumble upon it, with toxic fumes rising from its decaying body of amorphous vagaries and lack of investor interest. That’s not to say that shit is without …

Expert Blog is Cointelegraph’s new series of articles by crypto industry leaders. It covers everything from Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies to ICO regulation and investment analysis. If you want to become our guest author and get published on Cointelegraph, please send us an email at [email protected]. In the aftermath of Satoshi Nakamoto’s groundbreaking paper in 2009, money began travelling via a new financial route - virtual currencies. The first Bitcoin exchange was established on February 6, 2010 where Bitcoin traded for the first time for 0.3 cents. Last June, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) asked the Internal …

A number of news publications, as well as Tim Draper, were trolled Friday by someone claiming to be the ‘real’ Satoshi Nakamoto. After a number of attempts to document his identity as Satoshi via private keys, the fake Satoshi cut off communication. After some research, it was clear that the statements were made in order to pump a new altсoin. The fake Satoshi continued to mention the Blockchain platform, and even produced some interesting documents including emails to and from Satoshi. However, the emails have been publicly available, and though difficult to find, did not prove the caller’s identity. Both …

There are plenty of books written on cryptocurrency, but most of these works are non-fiction. But today we will travel through some fictional stories that mention Bitcoin or make allusions to it in their universes. Сryptocurrencies are growing in popularity nowadays, so not so many authors have devoted their work to this topic. But if you’d search for some fiction about crypto yourself, you would likely come across these three standout books. Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson Described by some as “profound and prophetic,” Cryptonomicon is a thrilling novel which takes place in two eras, going back and forth between them …

Imagine you had a very rich uncle who left you a huge fortune, let’s say to the tune of 9 figures in US dollars. You would be ecstatic right? Now imagine if someone had a similar fortune stashed in Bitcoin but was never heard from again. It would be a tragedy of epic proportions. Satoshi Nakamoto, the enigmatic father of Bitcoin has disappeared and his disappearance is an elephant in the room. His last words to the world being “I’ve moved on to other things…”. Is Nakamoto San still alive? Is he Japanese? Why can’t he spend his massive fortune? …

The global investigation to discover the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto seems to have come to an end by pointing out a 44 years old australian IT security business man named Craig Steven Wright. The search for Satoshi Nakamoto has been going on for at least five years now, but the quest is now probably over, after new evidence including blog posts, emails and accounting statements, has been leaked by an anonymous source to tech websites Gizmodo and Wired. Satoshi Nakamoto is the owner of over one million Bitcoins, which, with the price level at time of writing, equals to …

Berlin-based production company Bitfilm released a teaser and launched a three-tiered funding campaign on May 14 for the first feature-length, Bitcoin-inspired fiction film, called Satoshi's Last Will. They made the announcement at the Bitcoin Conference Prague. Bitfilm intends to raise US$2 million to complete the movie. The film is set in a future where Bitcoin and blockchain technology are in common use. The plot follows one of the seven heirs to Satoshi Nakamoto's fortune who wants to kill the others in order to get their parts of Satoshi’s multisig-protected private key. An agent of a private law enforcement company is …

When most of us who are involved in the Bitcoin community think of its original developer we think about Satoshi Nakamoto. But we also know that “Satoshi Nakamoto” was very probably a pseudonym for at least one person and perhaps even a team of very talented developers. There are also thousands of reporters worldwide that would love to break the story of who this person is and what he’s up to now. According to one Newsweek reporter, Satoshi Nakamoto is busy in the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles making model trains and the subject of that story is now …