There is a question that has been circulating for years among crypto enthusiasts: how many bitcoins does Satoshi Nakamoto have? The answer is frightening. It is estimated that he owns about 1.1 million bitcoins. If you multiply that by the current price, we are talking about a fortune of at least 110 billion dollars. But here’s the most interesting part: no one really knows who he is.

The name "Satoshi Nakamoto" is clearly a pseudonym. Translated into Chinese, it becomes "中本聪," which sounds completely random. It all started in 2008, when the financial world collapsed. Banks were failing, people lost trust in institutions, and someone identifying as Satoshi published a revolutionary document: a decentralized electronic cash system that didn’t require banks or governments. For the first time, technology offered a solution to the trust problem.

Bitcoin was born from this. A completely public ledger, impossible to alter, where rules are defined by code and not by people. Satoshi mined the first block, communicated with the community, fixed bugs, and then simply disappeared. Since 2011, no one has been able to contact him. No personal information, no trace.

And do you know what’s even more curious? Those 1.1 million bitcoins that Satoshi Nakamoto has never been moved. Over a decade has passed, and these assets remain untouched. Some believe he lost the private key. Others think it was intentional, part of the system’s design to ensure that no one becomes the center of power.

And it worked. After Bitcoin was orphaned from its creator, it grew even faster. Developers, miners, individual investors — everyone could contribute. El Salvador adopted it as legal tender. Major companies put Bitcoin on their balance sheets. Even the American financial system had to accept it, with the launch of the ETF.

Satoshi’s disappearance was not a weakness. It was the final line of code he wrote: no one can be the center. And that’s precisely what makes the system stronger and stronger.