Bitcoin's creator is now richer than Dell CEO, but nobody’s ever seen them

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Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious figure behind Bitcoin, is now the 11th richest person in the world with a net worth of $128.92 billion, even richer than Michael Dell.

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00:00Satoshi Nakamoto is the 11th richest person in the world.

00:03He made Bitcoin, but no one has seen him, ever.

00:06Nakamoto is a mystery figure credited with mining the first Bitcoin block back in 2009,

00:11which is basically a file where transactions are recorded.

00:13But why is he in the news now?

00:15Recently when Bitcoin's value exceeded $123,000, something surprising was revealed.

00:21According to blockchain analytics firm Akhum, Satoshi Nakamoto's estimated holdings of

00:251.096 million Bitcoins are now worth a whopping $128.92 billion.

00:32At this point, Nakamoto is richer than the Dell CEO, Michael Den, who is worth $126.3 billion.

00:38Satoshi Nakamoto is basically a pseudonym for a person or the group which mined the first Bitcoin.

00:44Experts say that initially Bitcoin had no value, but the open source crypto community ensured

00:48that digital currency thrives.

00:50A lot of conspiracy theories have surrounded this name, with some saying that it's tech

00:54moguls like Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey, who are behind us.

00:57However, no one knows who this mystery man is.

01:00All we know at this point is that he is very rich.

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