The day Satoshi Nakamoto disappeared forever:



- April 23, 2011
- sends a private email to Mike Hearn
- one of the earliest Bitcoin developers
- discussion starts as something technical
- talks about time locks and OP codes
- warns about risks with block reorganizations
- rejects relying on trusted third parties like Google
- reinforces the idea that Bitcoin must stay decentralized

then drops one line

“I’ve moved on to other things. It’s in good hands with Gavin and everyone.”

timeline around it

April 18, 2011 → Hearn asks questions about Bitcoin’s future

April 23, 2011 → Satoshi replies and effectively leaves

April 26, 2011 → final known email sent to Gavin Andresen

that last email

- asks Gavin to stop portraying him as a mysterious figure

- tells him to focus on the open-source project

- shows clear intention to step away completely

After that completely gone

~1.1 million BTC still untouched

worth tens of billions, never moved
BTC-0.2%
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