<p>There is also the CryptoNote creator Nicolas van Saberhagen.</p>

<p>From: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CryptoNote#Controversy_and_criticism" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CryptoNote#Controversy_and_criticism</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The author of the white paper went by the name Nicolas van Saberhagen,
  although like Satoshi Nakamoto (the author of the bitcoin white paper)
  that name is likely a pseudonym. Saberhagen's true identity and
  location remains unknown. Some have claimed that the real creator is
  someone in the bitcoin community.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>It gets interesting, because the community found the first CryptoNote (Bytecoin BCN) currency to be a likely scam.
The controversy is regarding the creator himself likely pre-mining the coin in secret before the "official" launch, as well as suspected of having an unfair mining advantage because of publishing a handicapped miner (later fixed by the community).
To give weight to the controversy, seems like the timestamps of the original whitepaper were fabricated as well.</p>

<p>For a longer read, the details have been presented here: <a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=740112.0" rel="nofollow">https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=740112.0</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>tl;dr - CryptoNote developers faked dates in whitepapers. Bytecoin
  faked dates in fake blockchain to facilitate an 82% premine, and
  CryptoNote backed them up.</p>
</blockquote>

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2016-06-07T06:48:00.443Z
Could you please elaborate in this post what is strange about his story? Is he anonymous as requested by the asker? Sending us off to read a wall of text on another platform before even answering the main inquiry of the asker classifies as a "link-only" answer, which is a reason for an answer to be removed on this platform. Answers are expected to provide sufficient detail to stand on their own. Also see: [Your answer is in another castle: when is an answer not an answer?](http://meta.stackexchange.com/q/225370/232061)
Murch
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2016-06-07T07:06:12.680Z
Yes, he's anonymous, and also attempted to get rich by pre-mining the first coin based on the protocol. Sorry, will update, give me a minute
JollyMort
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2016-06-07T07:21:13.970Z
alright, edited, how is it now?
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JollyMort
<p>I'm doing some research on anonymous developers in the crypto currency space. Satoshi Nakamoto was the first to create a crypto currency and then vanish from existence. Another one was BCNext that create the NXT platform and then vanished. </p>

<p>What other anonymous developers took the same approach? </p>

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Are there any other anonymous developers like Satoshi Nakamoto and BCNext that abandoned their project?
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# Are there any other anonymous developers like Satoshi Nakamoto and BCNext that abandoned their project?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-04-27)

I'm doing some research on anonymous developers in the crypto currency space. Satoshi Nakamoto was the first to create a crypto currency and then vanish from existence. Another one was BCNext that create the NXT platform and then vanished.

What other anonymous developers took the same approach?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-06-07. Score: 3

There is also the CryptoNote creator Nicolas van Saberhagen.

From: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CryptoNote#Controversy_and_criticism>:

> The author of the white paper went by the name Nicolas van Saberhagen,
> although like Satoshi Nakamoto (the author of the bitcoin white paper)
> that name is likely a pseudonym. Saberhagen's true identity and
> location remains unknown. Some have claimed that the real creator is
> someone in the bitcoin community.

It gets interesting, because the community found the first CryptoNote (Bytecoin BCN) currency to be a likely scam.
The controversy is regarding the creator himself likely pre-mining the coin in secret before the "official" launch, as well as suspected of having an unfair mining advantage because of publishing a handicapped miner (later fixed by the community).
To give weight to the controversy, seems like the timestamps of the original whitepaper were fabricated as well.

For a longer read, the details have been presented here: <https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=740112.0>

> tl;dr - CryptoNote developers faked dates in whitepapers. Bytecoin
> faked dates in fake blockchain to facilitate an 82% premine, and
> CryptoNote backed them up.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Could you please elaborate in this post what is strange about his story? Is he anonymous as requested by the asker? Sending us off to read a wall of text on another platform before even answering the main inquiry of the asker classifies as a "link-only" answer, which is a reason for an answer to be removed on this platform. Answers are expected to provide sufficient detail to stand on their own. Also see: [Your answer is in another castle: when is an answer not an answer?](http://meta.stackexchange.com/q/225370/232061)  
> **username_1**: Yes, he's anonymous, and also attempted to get rich by pre-mining the first coin based on the protocol. Sorry, will update, give me a minute  
> **username_1**: alright, edited, how is it now?  

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