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May 2016
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| 2Wright's claim | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22Pizza Day, 2010 |
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Events in May 2016
Monday 2 May3836 days ago
Craig Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto
Craig Wright publicly claimed to be Bitcoin's creator, and Gavin Andresen wrote the same day that he believed him. Other experts doubted the evidence; in 2024 a UK court ruled that Wright is not Satoshi.
PolicySourceGavin Andresen, "Satoshi" (2 May 2016, archived)
Sunday 22 May3816 days ago
Bitcoin Pizza Day, 2010
6 years ago. Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 BTC for two pizzas, one of the first known purchases made with bitcoin.
MilestonesSee block 57,043See the paymentSourceLaszlo Hanyecz, "Pizza for bitcoins?", bitcointalk (archived copy)What happened