Satoshi Missed Key Prior Art, Undermining Lone Genius Myth

Satoshi Nakamoto began coding Bitcoin in 2007 but only learned of Wei Dai's b-money proposal in August 2008 via Adam Back, citing it after the fact. Satoshi admitted building code first, then writing the paper, contradicting the narrative of a solitary oracle synthesizing prior art. This timeline suggests Bitcoin's creation was more iterative and less isolated than commonly portrayed.