Satoshi Nakamoto used a Russian proxy server in January 2009. The approximate list of countries where the developer could be located became known

In January 2009, the creator of the cryptocurrency Satoshi Nakamoto could use a Russian proxy server, writes Cointelegraph with reference to the first version of the Bitcoin protocol. The publication found that the Russian IP address 87.251.146 was served by Anders Telecom, which probably ceased to exist in 2016.

Ergo co-founder Alexander Chepurnoy noted that the Bitcoin developer could stay in one of the countries participating in the Five Eyes intelligence alliance (Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, Canada and the USA). In this case, the choice of a Russian proxy server was the most justified, since in this case the probability of surveillance by Western intelligence agencies is lower. However, Chepurnoy stressed that Nakamoto was unlikely to live in Russia.

On May 20, a transaction took place at 50 BTC, which were mined in February 2009. At that time, the blockchain of the coin was about a month. Then, several people were engaged in its mining, among them was Hell Finney (died August 28, 2014), known as the first cryptocurrency recipient, as well as its creator Satoshi Nakamoto.