Bitcoin’s first public footprint may predate its whitepaper: Quinten Francois says Satoshi Nakamoto registered on Aug. 18, 2008, more

BWB News TV • 2026-08-18 11:52 UTC • By Billy Odell Tucker-Robinson

Bitcoin’s first public footprint may predate its whitepaper: Quinten Francois says Satoshi Nakamoto registered <https://t.co/y1RjGhIdsG> on Aug. 18, 2008, more

Bitcoin’s first public footprint may predate its whitepaper: Quinten Francois says Satoshi Nakamoto registered on Aug. 18, 2008, more than two months before Bitcoin’s launch. The site later hosted the whitepaper and early software.

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