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Oct 5, 2025 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
Who is Nicolas van Saberhagen?

Dec 2012: CryptoNote v1.0 whitepaper drops, penned by "Nicolas van Saberhagen" via nvsaberhagen@gmail.com. Introduces ring signatures, stealth addresses—fixes Bitcoin's traceability flaws. No author traces; pure cypherpunk mystery.

1/11 Image Sep 2013: CryptoNote v2.0 whitepaper released, refining the protocol's math for untraceable txns. Still anonymous, but seeds privacy coins. Bytecoin team (unknown devs) quietly implements it.

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