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This is an article written by Ollie Leech<\/a> and the original version is published on CoinDesk<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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What Is the Bitcoin White Paper?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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A technical manifesto, the Bitcoin white paper was released in 2008 under an MIT public license for all to learn from, share and enjoy.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve been working on a new electronic cash system that\u2019s fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party.\u201d Those were the words pseudonymous Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto used to greet the world some 12 years ago in an email releasing the Bitcoin white paper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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To this day, nobody still knows who Satoshi is. Since April 23, 2011, nobody has heard from him\/her\/them after they signed off an email saying,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I\u2019ve moved on to other things. It\u2019s in good hands with Gavin<\/a> and everyone.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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A technical description, the Bitcoin white paper was the first document to outline the principles of a cryptographically secured, trustless, peer-to-peer electronic payment system that was fundamentally designed to be transparent and censorship-resistant, as well as put financial control back in the hands of the individual. At that time, the world was gripped by a financial crisis catalyzed by excessive speculation in the financial markets and banks risking millions of dollars worth of depositors\u2019 money.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This document lay the foundation for what is generally considered the first functional digital currency powered by a distributed ledger technology called blockchain.<\/p>\n

One of the many ground-breaking elements of Satoshi\u2019s electronic payment system was that it solved the long-standing \u201cdouble-spend\u201d problem that plagued cashless spending. Through the implementation of time-stamped transactions that are unanimously verified by a distributed network of validators, it was no longer possible for a person to spend the same funds twice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The white paper was released under an MIT public license in 2008 for all to learn from, share and enjoy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

You can read and download the full whitepaper here: bitcoin-whitepaper-en<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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