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 10
James A. Donald wrote: > So what happened to the coin that lost the race? > > ... it is a bit harsh if the guy who came second > is likely to lose his coin. When there are multiple double-spent versions of the same tr…
Bitcoin P2P e-cash paperJames A. Donald wrote: > Furthermore, it cannot be made to work, as in the > proposed system the work of tracking who owns what coins > is paid for by seigniorage, which requires inflation. If you're having trouble wi…
I'll try and hurry up and release the sourcecode as soon as possible to serve as a reference to help clear up all these implementation questions.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.
Three years that built a network.
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