On this day in 2011, Satoshi Nakamoto sent their final known private communication -- an email to developer Mike Hearn stating that Bitcoin is "in good hands" and that Satoshi had "moved on to other things." This was the last confirmed message from Bitcoin's creator, sent over four months after the final public BitcoinTalk post in December 2010. Satoshi's graceful exit ensured Bitcoin had no leader, no figurehead, and no single point of failure -- a truly leaderless protocol.
Satoshi's email to Mike Hearn