The legendary creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto turned 48 years old today, at least according to information provided to the global network P2P Foundation when they registered.

Though the identity of the Bitcoin (BTC) creator and thus their birthday remains unknown to the public, crypto enthusiasts took note of when Satoshi’s age increased by one year on their P2P Foundation profile — suggesting a birthday of April 5, 1975. Crypto users have suggested that the date — since Satoshi may represent a group of people rather than an individual — may come from a day in 1933 when United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt started taking the country off the gold standard, issuing an executive order for all U.S. citizens to return gold coins and gold certificates worth more than $100 to the Federal Reserve.

Speculating as to the true identity of the person or persons who helped create the original cryptocurrency has been a popular pastime among many users on social media and in online forums. Among the names proposed are ​​computer scientist and ‘Bit Gold’ creator Nick Szabo, early BTC contributor Hal Finney — who regrettably passed in 2014 — cryptographer Adam Back, and Japanese-American engineer and physicist Dorian Nakamoto.

(by Turner Wright)