“And The Legend of Satoshi Nakamoto”

In January 2018, Jack Dorsey’s company Block published a children’s book. It’s called My First Bitcoin and the Legend of Satoshi Nakamoto. A web-based version can be viewed here. It’s notable in that it paints Satoshi as a mythological hero, going so far as to conclude the story by saying “one thing is clear though: Satoshi’s vision is having an impact all around the world.”

According to Jack, this book was designed to educate CashApp users about Bitcoin, which from a children’s level vantage point it does kind of accomplish that even though presumably children are not their prospective customers.

The book is very short but its first and final illustrations stand out among all the quirky artwork because they actually shows a sketch of Satoshi Nakamoto himself. It turns out Satoshi is a guy wearing a Satoshi shirt represented by a big yellow S. That was in 2018. I wonder if we’d ever recognize Satoshi if we saw him in real life.

Bear in mind that there are TWO comic books in circulation (one published in 2013 and the sequel in 2015) about Jack Dorsey living a double life under a famous pseudonym that were authored by his best friend.