BREAKDOWN: 11 Years Ago Today, Satoshi Disappeared

12/13/21 • 14 min

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How Bitcoin was changing in fall 2010 and what it means for today.

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

Eleven years ago, on Dec. 13, 2010, Satoshi Nakamoto posted on the BitcoinTalk forum for the last time. He would pop up in emails here and there for a few more months, but for the majority of the Bitcoin community, he was gone. In today’s episode, NLW explores how the Bitcoin community was changing, and how the legacy of that period remains with us today.

Read more about the transition to the post-Satoshi era from Pete Rizzo on Bitcoin Magazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/what-happened-when-bitcoin-creator-satoshi-nakamoto-disappeared

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“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Dark Crazed Cap” by Isaac Joel. Image credit: Janos Kummer/Getty Images News, modified by CoinDesk.

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How Bitcoin was changing in fall 2010 and what it means for today.

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

Read more about the transition to the post-Satoshi era from Pete Rizzo on Bitcoin Magazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/what-happened-when-bitcoin-creator-satoshi-nakamoto-disappeared

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Previous Episode

BREAKDOWN: Can DAOs Be a 10X Improvement for Fundraising?

A reading of two recent essays.

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

On this week’s “Long Read’s Sunday,” NLW looks at DAOs and their benefits over traditional fundraising, reading:

“DAOs and the Next Crowdfunding Gold Rush” by Will Gottsegen

“What Kickstarter Going Decentralized Means for Web 3” by Daniel Kuhn

“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Dark Crazed Cap” by Isaac Joel. Image credit: mathisworks/DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk.

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BREAKDOWN: Just How Bearish Are the Bitcoin and Crypto Communities?

Crypto Twitter is bleak, but is it justified?

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at a few explanations for the current bearish sentiment turn, including:

A belief that a bubble is finally bursting
A larger market shift to risk-off based on inflation concerns and expectations around shifting monetary policy
A normal crypto “micro-cycle”

“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Dark Crazed Cap” by Isaac Joel. Image credit: sesame/DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk.

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