{"id":32907,"date":"2025-04-05T12:40:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T12:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/?p=32907"},"modified":"2025-04-05T08:40:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T12:40:51","slug":"satoshi-nakamotos-birthday-is-listed-as-april-5-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/satoshi-nakamotos-birthday-is-listed-as-april-5-1975\/","title":{"rendered":"Satoshi Nakamoto&#8217;s birthday is listed as April 5, 1975"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mandrik\/status\/1908457884033167716?s=43\"><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid #ccd6dd; border-radius: 12px;\" width=\"500\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\" height=\"12\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"18\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 18px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"464\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"48\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mandrik?s=43\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1596605570047426560\/t8SMJEfy_normal.jpg\" style=\"border-radius: 50%; padding: 0px;\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"8\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width:8px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea.twimg.com\/email\/self_serve\/media\/spacer.png\" width=\"8\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" width=\"388\" style=\"min-width: 388px;\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"388\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"388\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mandrik?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #292c2f; text-decoration: none;\">Mandrik<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mandrik?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; color: #7e8c98;\">\u2066\u202a@Mandrik\u202c\u2069<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea.twimg.com\/email\/self_serve\/media\/logo_twitter-1497383721365.png\" height=\"20\" width=\"24\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"9\" colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height:0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea.twimg.com\/self_serve\/media\/spacer_464x1-1582829598167.png\" width=\"464\" height=\"1\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif;color: #292c2f; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;\">45 years old today, and in the best shape of my life. Feels good. &#x1f4aa;<\/p>\n<p>Going to enjoy a slice of cake for the first time in 15 years. Think I&#8217;ve earned it. &#x1f370;<\/p>\n<p>Special birthday wishes to my boy Satoshi, who turns 50! &#x1f389;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"3\" colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mandrik\/status\/1908457884033167716?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif;color: #667785; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration:none;\">4\/5\/25, 4:53\u202fAM<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"18\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 18px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\" height=\"12\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<p><br id=\"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature\"><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Satoshi Nakamoto&#8217;s birthday is listed as April 5, 1975, according to the profile they registered on the P2P Foundation forum, where they first announced Bitcoin. However, since &#8220;Satoshi Nakamoto&#8221; is a pseudonym and their true identity remains unknown, it\u2019s uncertain whether this is their actual birth date or a symbolic choice. Many in the Bitcoin community speculate that April 5 was chosen deliberately, as it coincides with the date in 1933 when U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6102, banning private gold ownership\u2014a move some see as aligning with Bitcoin\u2019s ethos of financial autonomy. The year 1975 might also nod to the end of that gold ban, though this is all conjecture given Nakamoto\u2019s anonymity. So, while we mark April 5 as their &#8220;birthday,&#8221; it\u2019s more a commemorative date than a confirmed fact. Today, coincidentally, is April 5, 2025\u2014making it the 50th anniversary of that listed date!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Mandrik \u2066\u202a@Mandrik\u202c\u2069 45 years old today, and in the best shape of my life. Feels good. &#x1f4aa; Going to enjoy a slice of cake for the first time in 15 years. Think I&#8217;ve earned it. &#x1f370; Special birthday wishes to my boy Satoshi, who turns 50! &#x1f389; &nbsp; 4\/5\/25, 4:53\u202fAM &nbsp; &nbsp; Satoshi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}