On Apr 23rd, 2011, Satoshi Nakamoto wrote one of his/her final emails. “I’ve moved on to other things,” he wrote to Bitcoin developer Mike Hearn. “It’s in good hands with Gavin and everyone.”

A few days later, he sent one last message to the newly-assigned Bitcoin Core Maintainer Gavin Andresen. “I wish you wouldn’t keep talking about me as a mysterious shadowy figure … Maybe instead make it about the open source project and give more credit to your dev contributors.”

We would not hear from Satoshi again for 3 years.

This NFT is the limited edition static version of "Satoshi's Last Message."

About the Series

"Bitcoin: A Visual History" is a series of 21 illustrations and cinemagraphs commemorating remarkable people and landmark events throughout Bitcoin history. BVH is divided into 3 series of 7 illustrations each, with Series 1 dropping in late August 2020. Series 2 and Series 3 are scheduled to drop in the last quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021, respectively.

Each illustration in BVH interlocks with the illustration immediately preceding it, and once completed, all three sets will form one massive unbroken chain of interconnecting illustrations.

Each segment will be available as a 1-of-1 ultra-rare cinemagraph, or as a 10-of-10 limited edition illustration.

This series was created by CRYPTOPOP! with the support of WavesWorld.io.