THE PERMANENT BITCOIN ARCHIVE
Bitcoin, in Satoshi’s own words.
Every forum post, email and quote Satoshi Nakamoto left behind, from the first whitepaper email in 2008 to the last message in 2011. Each record links to its original source.
November 3
>> As long as honest nodes control the most CPU power on the network, >> they can generate the longest chain and outpace any attackers. > >But they don't. Bad guys routinely control zombie farms of 100,000 >machines o…
Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper>Satoshi Nakamoto wrote: >> I've been working on a new electronic cash system that's fully >> peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party. >> >> The paper is available at: >> http://www.bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf > >We ver…
By convention, the first transaction in a block is a special transaction that starts a new coin owned by the creator of the block. This adds an incentive for nodes to support the network, and provides a way to initial…Read the full quotes ↗
Three records that tell the story.
- 01Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper
Satoshi announces the whitepaper to a cryptography mailing list.
- 02Bitcoin open source implementation of P2P currency
Bitcoin is introduced to the world on the P2P Foundation forum.
- 03Bitcoin open source implementation of P2P currency
Satoshi’s final public word on the forum before stepping away.
From one email to a global network.
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