Satoshi Nakamoto

Satoshi Nakamoto is the creator of an open source project called Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a digital currency. Satoshi first published a white paper on Bitcoin in 2008 and then in 2009 founded an open source project called Bitcoin. The real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto is unknown.
Identity
Very little information exists about Satoshi. His identity and nationality are in question. In his p2p foundation profile he said he is from Japan. Some believe Satoshi Nakamoto is a pseudonym to throw-off his true identity and nationality. A discussion thread was created in the bitcoin forum called “Who is Satoshi Nakatomo?”. Some have even suggested that Satoshi Nakamoto is not just a single person, but a group of people similar to the Anonymous group.
Also adding to the suspicion of his Japanese nationality is his excellent knowledge and use of the English language. His use of the English language can be seen in his 575 entries to the Bitcoin Forum, with his last post on December 13, 2010 at 04:45:41 pm. Satoshi has apparently stopped contributing source as well as communicating with the bitcoin project as noted in a transcript from the #bitcoin-dev IRC channel.
His activities outside of Bitcoin are completely non-existent except for some posts to the cryptography mailing list.
He has covered his communication tracks very well. His email messages have come from anonymous email accounts (vistomail.com and gmx.com) over the Tor network. Vistomail might have been chosen because it is based out of Tokyo Japan, adding evidence of a Japanese nationality.
The names Satoshi and Nakamoto are common names in Japan.
Quotes
“It would have been nice to get this attention in any other context. WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet's nest, and the swarm is headed towards us.”
“Yes, but we can win a major battle in the arms race and gain a new territory of freedom for several years.”
“Governments are good at cutting off the heads of a centrally controlled
networks like Napster, but pure P2P networks like Gnutella and Tor seem to be
holding their own.”
“It's very attractive to the libertarian viewpoint if we can explain it
properly. I'm better with code than with words though.”
“The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks”

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