Satoshi Nakamoto
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
Pseudonym of the person (or group of people) who developed and spread the original Bitcoin idea and the world’s first blockchain network. Your real name is unknown or if it is a natural person, group of people or companies.
Related Terms
Decentralized Applications (dApps)
Applications that run on decentralized peer-to-peer networks such as Ethereum.
Proof-of-Developer (PoD)
A concept of identifying the developers of a project as a means of vouching reputation for a project
Public Keys
The alphanumeric string which serves as a public receiving address in cryptocurrencies.
Node
Within the blockchain network, the nodes are computers that connect to the network and have an updated copy of the blockchain
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