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How Satoshi trended on Hacker News

Satoshi was mentioned 9,252 times on Hacker News between 2008 and 2026, peaking in May 2016 with 545 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often Satoshi appears in Hacker News stories and comments. Each point is a live date-histogram over ~45M items, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

Top Hacker News stories about Satoshi

1. 1.Craig Steven Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto 639 points · 259 comments · 2016 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Craig Wright Is Not Satoshi Nakamoto 584 points · 248 comments · 2016 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Satoshi – Sirius emails 2009-2011 449 points · 449 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Bitcoin 'creator' backs out of Satoshi coin move 'proof' 399 points · 279 comments · 2016 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius? 395 points · 151 comments · 2015 · discuss on HN
6. 6.I Am Not Satoshi 336 points · 170 comments · 2013 · discuss on HN
7. 7.The Satoshi Nakamoto SourceForge account has been hacked 293 points · 178 comments · 2014 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Bitcoincore.org removes Satoshi's whitepaper from website after threats from CSW 282 points · 276 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Satoshi Nakamoto denies being Dorian Nakamoto 280 points · 173 comments · 2014 · discuss on HN
10. 10.The Well Deserved Fortune of Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin creator 273 points · 180 comments · 2013 · discuss on HN
11. 11.What Happened at the Satoshi Roundtable 266 points · 204 comments · 2016 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Satoshi Nakamoto is probably Nick Szabo? 255 points · 180 comments · 2013 · discuss on HN

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