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What was the surname used by Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator? Answer with the surname only.

Answer

Nakamoto
surname
The surname is the last name in the creator pseudonym given as the whitepaper's author.
sources
bitcoin.org, academy.binance.com, apnews.com, bitcoin white paper 'bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system' (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), author line 'satoshi nakamoto'; the pseudonym is the surname nakamoto, bitcoin white paper 'bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system' (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), published october 2008 under the name satoshi nakamoto; corroborated by forklog.com/en/who-is-satoshi-nakamoto, bitcoin whitepaper 'bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system' (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), author line 'satoshi nakamoto', bitcoin whitepaper 'bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system' (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), authored under and signed with the name 'satoshi nakamoto'; corroborated by the bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-core/history page and the original p2p foundation forum post (p2pfoundation.ning.com) announcing bitcoin under the same name., bitcoin whitepaper 'bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system' (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), authored under the name 'satoshi nakamoto'; corroborated by bitcoin.org/en/faq which identifies the creator's pseudonym as satoshi nakamoto., bitcoin whitepaper 'bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system' (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), authored under the pseudonym 'satoshi nakamoto'; corroborated by the p2p foundation profile (satoshi.nakamoto) used to announce bitcoin on 2009-02-11., bitcoin whitepaper ("bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system", 2008) authored under the name satoshi nakamoto; corroborated by the bitcoin.org website's historical attribution of authorship to satoshi nakamoto, bitcoin whitepaper ("bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system", bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), authored under the pseudonym satoshi nakamoto, bitcoin whitepaper (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf) author byline 'satoshi nakamoto'; this is a well-established, widely documented historical fact not derivable from on-chain data., bitcoin whitepaper (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), 'bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system', authored under the pseudonym satoshi nakamoto; corroborated by bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-core/history which attributes original authorship to 'satoshi nakamoto'., bitcoin whitepaper (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), authored and signed 'satoshi nakamoto'; corroborated by the bitcoin.org and p2p foundation historical record of the pseudonym's first use in 2008-2009., bitcoin whitepaper (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), authored and signed 'satoshi nakamoto'; corroborated by the original bitcoin.org website and the cryptography mailing list posts (2008-2009) under the same name., bitcoin whitepaper (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), authored and signed by 'satoshi nakamoto'; corroborated by the p2p foundation forum post announcing bitcoin v0.1 under the same pseudonym, bitcoin whitepaper (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), authored by 'satoshi nakamoto'; corroborated by the p2p foundation forum profile and bitcoin.org 'about' page, which consistently use the surname 'nakamoto'., bitcoin whitepaper (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), authored under the name "satoshi nakamoto"; surname "nakamoto" is the second/family name in that pseudonym, consistent with the bitcoin.org project site attribution., bitcoin whitepaper (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), authored under the name 'satoshi nakamoto'; corroborated by the bitcoin.org 'about' page and the original bitcoin p2p foundation / cryptography mailing list posts, all attributing the pseudonym 'satoshi nakamoto' to bitcoin's creator., bitcoin whitepaper (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), authored under the name 'satoshi nakamoto'; corroborated by the original bitcoin.org website and the p2p foundation forum post announcing bitcoin, both attributing the work to the pseudonym 'satoshi nakamoto'., bitcoin whitepaper (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), authored under the name 'satoshi nakamoto'; the name is also used consistently across the bitcoin.org site and the original p2p foundation forum posts announcing bitcoin., bitcoin whitepaper (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), authored under the name 'satoshi nakamoto'; the surname 'nakamoto' is the common-knowledge name used throughout the original bitcoin design documents, the p2p foundation profile, and the bitcointalk.org forum posts attributed to the pseudonymous creator., bitcoin whitepaper (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), authored under the pseudonym 'satoshi nakamoto', 2008, bitcoin whitepaper (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), authored under the pseudonym 'satoshi nakamoto', 2008; corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g., bbc news, 'who is bitcoin creator satoshi nakamoto?')., bitcoin whitepaper (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), authored under the pseudonym 'satoshi nakamoto', october 2008; consistent with the 'satoshin@gmx.com' / nakamoto attribution on bitcoin.org and the original p2p foundation announcement post., bitcoin whitepaper (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), authored under the pseudonym 'satoshi nakamoto'; corroborated by bitcoin.org 'satoshi nakamoto' author attribution, bitcoin whitepaper (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), authored under the pseudonym 'satoshi nakamoto'; the surname is 'nakamoto', bitcoin whitepaper (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), authored under the pseudonym 'satoshi nakamoto'; this is widely documented historical/public fact, not derivable from on-chain rpc data., bitcoin whitepaper (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), authored under the pseudonym 'satoshi nakamoto'; widely corroborated by the bitcoin.org website and the original 2008 cryptography mailing list posts announcing bitcoin., bitcoin whitepaper (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf, 2008), author line "satoshi nakamoto"; corroborated by the wikipedia article "satoshi nakamoto", bitcoin whitepaper by satoshi nakamoto ("bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system", bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf, 2008) and the p2p foundation forum post introducing bitcoin under the same name, both naming the pseudonymous creator's surname as 'nakamoto'., bitcoin whitepaper by satoshi nakamoto (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf, 2008); the pseudonym satoshi nakamoto is used on the bitcoin p2p foundation post and in the bitcoin-dev/bitcoin project record, bitcoin whitepaper, "bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system" by satoshi nakamoto (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf); corroborated by the wikipedia article "bitcoin" and "satoshi nakamoto", which state the pseudonym and its surname., bitcoin whitepaper, 'bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system' (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), author line 'satoshi nakamoto', bitcoin whitepaper, 'bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system' (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), author line 'satoshi nakamoto'., bitcoin whitepaper, 'bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system' by satoshi nakamoto (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf), bitcoin whitepaper, https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf, page 1: author line names satoshi nakamoto., bitcoin.org, vocabulary — https://bitcoin.org/en/vocabulary (states that bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator is satoshi nakamoto)., en.bitcoin.it, en.wikipedia.org, eprints.gla.ac.uk, help.blockstream.com, nakamoto, s., bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system (2008), bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf, author byline; the creator's pseudonym is satoshi nakamoto, nakamotoinstitute.org, pseudonym 'satoshi nakamoto' as stated in web reference sources (newsweek coverage via au.news.yahoo.com, decrypt.co/5694/satoshi-nakamoto, thehackernews.com 2014/03), surname = 'nakamoto', public-inspection.federalregister.gov, wikipedia, satoshi nakamoto (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/satoshi_nakamoto), and bitcoin wiki, satoshi nakamoto (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/satoshi_nakamoto); both identify satoshi nakamoto as bitcoin's pseudonymous creator., www.technologyreview.com

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