Well, we ๐ด๐ข๐บ that today is Satoshiโs birthday only because this is the date he gave for his birth when he created his profile on the P2P Foundation.
Is it ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ his birthday? Perhaps not, but the date does carry with it some fascinating significance.
If today is actually not his birthday, then Satoshi Nakamoto likely chose this date for a couple reasons. ๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น marks the anniversary of when the United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6102, in 1933, which prohibited the hoarding of gold by U.S. citizens.
This action essentially ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ gold from the general population, and centralized monetary control with the federal government. This event is symbolic of the kind of government overreach and control over money that #Bitcoin seeks to replace by ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ต๐ณ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ด๐ผ๐น๐ฑ. The ban on gold ownership was lifted on December 31, 1974, effectively allowing citizens to once again own and trade gold as of January 1, 1975. This moment symbolized a return to a ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ of financial freedom and control over one's assets.
Satoshi Nakamoto's choice of this particular date for his pseudonymous birthday, therefore, can be seen as a profound statement on ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ต๐บ and ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ต๐ค๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ.
If Satoshi was actually born that day, then ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐. So let us all wish Satoshi a very happy birthday, wherever he is, whoever he is, and regardless of whether or not today is really his birthday.๐