Yesterday, 26 April, marked a decade since the anonymous creator of bitcoin sent their alleged final message to developers to state that they were moving on from the fledgling digital currency project.

Operating under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, the person had published a white paper two years earlier outlining the first specification and proof of concept for bitcoin. As early demand for the asset and its blockchain network rose in 2011, they signed off using their personal cryptographic key, handed over the reins to a throng of core developers, and were never heard from again.