Yes, On Jan 3rd, 2009 the first Bitcoin block was mined anonymously by Satoshi Nakamoto, and the first transaction was sent to now deceased Hal Finney on Jan 12th. Sign up for his running fundraiser!

Satoshi remained active on the project until he disappeared from public forums Dec 10, 2010.

Hard to believe not more have seen your value as many have tried to stop you! The big adoption is ahead, we are SO early!