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		atarian on Jan 7, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitcoin price hits $40k less than three weeks afte... The most interesting thing about Bitcoin to me is that nobody knows who created it. The second most interesting this is that the creator holds a substantial amount of Bitcoin (estimated around a million).

ur-whale on Jan 7, 2021 [–]

That's assuming he's still alive.

If he isn't, it means there will only ever be 20M bitcoins.

thekyle on Jan 8, 2021 | [–]

Possibly he is still alive but just lost the keys.

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