The technology behind blockchain was invented by an anonymous person or group of people who used the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. Nakamoto first described the concept of blockchain in a 2008 white paper titled "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System." The white paper outlined the basic principles of a decentralized, digital currency system based on cryptographic techniques and a distributed ledger known as the blockchain. The first implementation of blockchain was for the Bitcoin crypt...
