Mysterious Bitcoin miner shows off oldest signature dated Jan. 2009

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Online forums are integral to the origin story, where Satoshi Nakamoto and early contributors collaborated to discuss and create a disruptive financial system from scratch. One of the oldest Bitcoin forums — bitcointalk.org — still preserves historical discussions around creating the Bitcoin (BTC) logo and the payment system.

A curious member of the bitcointalk.org forum recently sought to identify Bitcoin miners from the early days. To their surprise, an anonymous member shared a signature dating back to January 2009, just a week after Bitcoin came into existence.

The oldest known Bitcoin signature shared by OneSignature. Source: bitcointalk.org
Cointelegraph confirmed the validity of the signature. Source: verifybitcoinmessage.com
Twitter account of user OneSignature. Source: Twitter