History of creation #bitcoin Bitcoin was created in 2008 by a person or group of people under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. He published a white paper describing the idea of ​​a decentralized digital currency, and in January 2009 launched the first block in the blockchain, the genesis block. Initially, Bitcoin was used by a small group of technical enthusiasts, and the first real transactions took place in 2010. Satoshi disappeared from public life in 2011, leaving the project to be managed by other developers