Re: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper

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Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper

Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper
    Satoshi Nakamoto
    satoshi at vistomail.com

    Thu Nov  6 15:15:40 EST 2008

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>[Lengthy exposition of vulnerability of a systm to use-of-force
>monopolies ellided.]
>
>You will not find a solution to political problems in cryptography.

Yes, but we can win a major battle in the arms race and gain a new territory of freedom for several years.

Governments are good at cutting off the heads of a centrally controlled networks like Napster, but pure P2P networks like Gnutella and Tor seem to be holding their own.

Satoshi

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