From the outset, he recognised that if his cryptocurrency vision was to succeed, he could not be the only person to mine and hold Bitcoin. On 31 October 2008, he effectively launched Bitcoin when he published a white paper entitled Bitcoin: A peer-to-peer electronic cash system.
The leader behind this multi-billion-dollar phenomenon is a mysterious coder with the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. As of August 2023, the global value of Bitcoin stood at more than $500bn. In just over a decade, Bitcoin has gone from being a paper concept to a financial asset that is prized by millions of people worldwide. Here is an excerpt from 21st Century Business Icons: The leaders who are changing our world by Sally Percy.īitcoin is the world’s largest and best-known cryptocurrency – a type of peer-to-peer payment system that does not have any central issuing or regulating authority and only exists on computer networks. 21st Century Business Icons offers a comprehensive view of success at an international level. It traverses from California to Tokyo, encompassing various industries such as technology, banking, and social media. This book aims to reveal the achievements and triumphs of the most innovative business leaders across the globe. She is Editor of ‘Edge’, the official journal of the UK’s Institute of Leadership and prior to becoming a journalist, she worked as a management consultant for Accenture. Sally Percy is an experienced business journalist and editor, specialising in leadership and management.
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