Two emails to Wei Dai: "Citation of your b-money page" (draft titled "Electronic Cash Without a Trusted Third Party") and the v0.1 release note. Satoshi's text only; Dai's reply left out

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Two emails to Wei Dai: "Citation of your b-money page" (draft titled "Electronic Cash Without a Trusted Third Party") and the v0.1 release note. Satoshi's text only; Dai's reply left out
Issuer or author: Satoshi Nakamoto (published by Wei Dai via Gwern Branwen)
Date: 22 Aug 2008; 10 Jan 2009 (times as printed, zone not stated)
Original: https://gwern.net/doc/bitcoin/2008-nakamoto

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