The Halloween Spirit of Satoshi

The numerology behind the creation of Bitcoin 17 years ago today, and what this birthday's numerology tell us about its evolution.

Seventeen years ago today, on October 31, 2008, a mysterious figure named Satoshi Nakamoto released a nine-page PDF whitepaper titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.”

On the surface, it was a technical proposal for digital money that would become the seed crystal of a parallel financial universe. In spirit, it was a financial séance, su…