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Bitcoin white paper

Satoshi Nakamoto published “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” on October 31, 2008, describing a way to transfer value without a trusted central intermediary.

Context

Why it matters

The white paper is the concise design document for Bitcoin’s original architecture.

Canonical knowledge

What California Bitcoin maintains

  • Satoshi Nakamoto published “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” on October 31, 2008, describing a way to transfer value without a trusted central intermediary.

Primary and technical sources

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Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System

Satoshi Nakamoto

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