Launched the network by defining the genesis block of bitcoin (block number 0)

Gave control of the source code repository and network alert key to Gavin Andresen

Hands-on software architect building and managing a team of full-stack developers making next-gen web applications.

Founder / Lead Developer

Satoshi Nakamoto

Developed bitcoin, authored the bitcoin white paper, and created and deployed bitcoin's original reference implementation.

Bitcoin was created as a way for people to send money over the internet. The digital currency was intended to provide an alternative payment system that would operate free of central control but otherwise be used just like traditional currencies.

Bitcoin

On 9 January 2009, Nakamoto released version 0.1 of the bitcoin software on SourceForge, and launched the network by defining the genesis block of bitcoin (block number 0), which had a reward of 50 bitcoins