Bitcoin Research — Law, Regulation, Markets & Origins (2026)
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Satoshi Nakamoto. 2008-11-03 16:23:49. Full text. Licence: US government or court record / US patent (public domain).
Excerpt: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Satoshi Nakamoto satoshi at vistomail.com Mon Nov 3 11:23:49 EST 2008 Previous message: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Next message: IBM Zurich Research Laboratory Internet Transaction Security on Your Key Chain Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] >> As long as honest nodes control the most CPU power on the network, >> they can generate the longest chain and outpace any attackers. > >But they don't. Bad guys routinely control zombie farms of 100,0…
Bitcoin Research — Law, Regulation, Markets & Origins (2026)
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Satoshi Nakamoto. 2008-11-06 20:15:40. Full text. Licence: US government or court record / US patent (public domain).
Excerpt: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Satoshi Nakamoto satoshi at vistomail.com Thu Nov 6 15:15:40 EST 2008 Previous message: IBM Zurich Research Laboratory Internet Transaction Security on Your Key Chain Next message: ADMIN: no money politics, please Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] >[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…
Bitcoin Research — Law, Regulation, Markets & Origins (2026)
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Satoshi Nakamoto. 2008-11-08 18:54:38. Full text. Licence: US government or court record / US patent (public domain).
Excerpt: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Satoshi Nakamoto satoshi at vistomail.com Sat Nov 8 13:54:38 EST 2008 Previous message: This is a test. This is only a test... Next message: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Ray Dillinger: > the "currency" is inflationary at about 35% > as that's how much faster computers get annually > ... the inflation rate of 35% is almost guaranteed > by the technology Increasing hardware speed is handled: "To compensate for in…
Bitcoin Research — Law, Regulation, Markets & Origins (2026)
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Satoshi Nakamoto. 2008-11-09 01:58:48. Full text. Licence: US government or court record / US patent (public domain).
Excerpt: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Satoshi Nakamoto satoshi at vistomail.com Sat Nov 8 20:58:48 EST 2008 Previous message: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Next message: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Hal Finney wrote: > it is mentioned that if a broadcast transaction does not reach all nodes, > it is OK, as it will get into the block chain before long. How does this > happen - what if the node that creates the "next" block (the first node > to find the ha…
Bitcoin Research — Law, Regulation, Markets & Origins (2026)
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Satoshi Nakamoto. 2008-11-09 03:09:49. Full text. Licence: US government or court record / US patent (public domain).
Excerpt: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Satoshi Nakamoto satoshi at vistomail.com Sat Nov 8 22:09:49 EST 2008 Previous message: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Next message: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] James A. Donald wrote: > The core concept is that lots of entities keep complete and consistent > information as to who owns which bitcoins. > > But maintaining consistency is tricky. It is not clear to me what > happens when someone reports one transaction t…
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Satoshi Nakamoto. 2008-11-09 16:31:26. Full text. Licence: US government or court record / US patent (public domain).
Excerpt: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Satoshi Nakamoto satoshi at vistomail.com Sun Nov 9 11:31:26 EST 2008 Previous message: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Next message: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] James A. Donald wrote: >OK, suppose one node incorporates a bunch of >transactions in its proof of work, all of them honest >legitimate single spends and another node incorporates a >different bunch of transactions in its proof of >work, all of them equally h…
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Satoshi Nakamoto. 2008-11-10 02:14:30. Full text. Licence: US government or court record / US patent (public domain).
Excerpt: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Satoshi Nakamoto satoshi at vistomail.com Sun Nov 9 21:14:30 EST 2008 Previous message: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Next message: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] James 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 with the inflation issue, it's easy to twea…
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Satoshi Nakamoto. 2008-11-10 22:18:20. Full text. Licence: US government or court record / US patent (public domain).
Excerpt: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Satoshi Nakamoto satoshi at vistomail.com Mon Nov 10 17:18:20 EST 2008 Previous message: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Next message: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] 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 transaction, one and only one will become v…
Bitcoin Research — Law, Regulation, Markets & Origins (2026)
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Satoshi Nakamoto. 2008-11-13 22:56:55. Full text. Licence: US government or court record / US patent (public domain).
Excerpt: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Satoshi Nakamoto satoshi at vistomail.com Thu Nov 13 17:56:55 EST 2008 Previous message: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Next message: WSJ Story on NSA history Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] James A. Donald wrote: > It is not sufficient that everyone knows X. We also > need everyone to know that everyone knows X, and that > everyone knows that everyone knows that everyone knows X > - which, as in the Byzantine Generals problem, is the > classic h…
Bitcoin Research — Law, Regulation, Markets & Origins (2026)
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Satoshi Nakamoto. 2008-11-15 04:43:00. Full text. Licence: US government or court record / US patent (public domain).
Excerpt: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Satoshi Nakamoto satoshi at vistomail.com Fri Nov 14 23:43:00 EST 2008 Previous message: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Next message: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] 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. Ray Dillinger (Bear) wrote: > When a coin is spent, the buyer and seller digitally sign a (blinded) > transactio…
Bitcoin Research — Law, Regulation, Markets & Origins (2026)
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Satoshi Nakamoto. 2008-11-15 18:02:00. Full text. Licence: US government or court record / US patent (public domain).
Excerpt: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Satoshi Nakamoto satoshi at vistomail.com Sat Nov 15 13:02:00 EST 2008 Previous message: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Next message: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Ray Dillinger wrote: > One way to do this would be > to have the person recieving the coin generate an asymmetric > key pair, and then have half of it published with the > transaction. In order to spend the coin later, s/he must > demonstrate posession of the…
Bitcoin Research — Law, Regulation, Markets & Origins (2026)
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Blockstream Esplora API. 2009-01-03 18:15:05. Full text. Licence: US government or court record / US patent (public domain).
Excerpt: { "id": "000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f", "height": 0, "version": 1, "timestamp": 1231006505, "tx_count": 1, "size": 285, "weight": 1140, "merkle_root": "4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b", "previousblockhash": null, "mediantime": 1231006505, "nonce": 2083236893, "bits": 486604799, "difficulty": 1.0 }…
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Blockstream Esplora API. 2009-01-03 18:15:05. Full text. Licence: US government or court record / US patent (public domain).
Excerpt: [ { "txid": "4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b", "version": 1, "locktime": 0, "vin": [ { "txid": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "vout": 4294967295, "prevout": null, "scriptsig": "04ffff001d0104455468652054696d65732030332f4a616e2f32303039204368616e63656c6c6f72206f6e206272696e6b206f66207365636f6e64206261696c6f757420666f722062616e6b73", "scriptsig_asm": "OP_PUSHBYTES_4 ffff001d OP_PUSHBYTES_1 04 OP_PUSHBYTES_69 5468652054696d65732030332f4a616e2f32303039204368616e63656c6c6f72206f6e206272696e6b206f66…
Bitcoin Research — Law, Regulation, Markets & Origins (2026)
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Blockstream Esplora API. 2009-01-03. Full text. Licence: US government or court record / US patent (public domain).
Excerpt: 0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003ba3edfd7a7b12b27ac72c3e67768f617fc81bc3888a51323a9fb8aa4b1e5e4a29ab5f49ffff001d1dac2b7c…
Bitcoin Research — Law, Regulation, Markets & Origins (2026)
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Satoshi Nakamoto. 2009-01-08 19:27:40. Full text. Licence: US government or court record / US patent (public domain).
Excerpt: Bitcoin v0.1 released Bitcoin v0.1 released Satoshi Nakamoto satoshi at vistomail.com Thu Jan 8 14:27:40 EST 2009 Previous message: [tmoore at seas.harvard.edu: [fc-announce] Financial Crypto February 23-26 in Barbados, Early Registration Deadline Approaching] Next message: MD5 considered harmful today, SHA-1 considered harmful tomorrow Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Announcing the first release of Bitcoin, a new electronic cash system that uses a peer-to-peer network to prevent double-s…
Bitcoin Research — Law, Regulation, Markets & Origins (2026)
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Blockstream Esplora API. 2009-01-09 03:54:39. Full text. Licence: US government or court record / US patent (public domain).
Excerpt: { "txid": "0437cd7f8525ceed2324359c2d0ba26006d92d856a9c20fa0241106ee5a597c9", "version": 1, "locktime": 0, "vin": [ { "txid": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "vout": 4294967295, "prevout": null, "scriptsig": "04ffff001d0134", "scriptsig_asm": "OP_PUSHBYTES_4 ffff001d OP_PUSHBYTES_1 34", "is_coinbase": true, "sequence": 4294967295 } ], "vout": [ { "scriptpubkey": "410411db93e1dcdb8a016b49840f8c53bc1eb68a382e97b1482ecad7b148a6909a5cb2e0eaddfb84ccf9744464f82e160bfa9b8b64f9d4c03f999b8643f656b412a3ac", "scriptpubkey_asm": "O…
Bitcoin Research — Law, Regulation, Markets & Origins (2026)
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Blockstream Esplora API. 2009-01-12 03:30:25. Full text. Licence: US government or court record / US patent (public domain).
Excerpt: { "id": "00000000d1145790a8694403d4063f323d499e655c83426834d4ce2f8dd4a2ee", "height": 170, "version": 1, "timestamp": 1231731025, "tx_count": 2, "size": 490, "weight": 1960, "merkle_root": "7dac2c5666815c17a3b36427de37bb9d2e2c5ccec3f8633eb91a4205cb4c10ff", "previousblockhash": "000000002a22cfee1f2c846adbd12b3e183d4f97683f85dad08a79780a84bd55", "mediantime": 1231716245, "nonce": 1889418792, "bits": 486604799, "difficulty": 1.0 }…
Bitcoin Research — Law, Regulation, Markets & Origins (2026)
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Blockstream Esplora API. 2009-01-12 03:30:25. Full text. Licence: US government or court record / US patent (public domain).
Excerpt: [ { "txid": "b1fea52486ce0c62bb442b530a3f0132b826c74e473d1f2c220bfa78111c5082", "version": 1, "locktime": 0, "vin": [ { "txid": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "vout": 4294967295, "prevout": null, "scriptsig": "04ffff001d0102", "scriptsig_asm": "OP_PUSHBYTES_4 ffff001d OP_PUSHBYTES_1 02", "is_coinbase": true, "sequence": 4294967295 } ], "vout": [ { "scriptpubkey": "4104d46c4968bde02899d2aa0963367c7a6ce34eec332b32e42e5f3407e052d64ac625da6f0718e7b302140434bd725706957c092db53805b821a85b23a7ac61725bac", "…
Bitcoin Research — Law, Regulation, Markets & Origins (2026)
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Satoshi Nakamoto. 2009-01-16 16:03:14. Full text. Licence: US government or court record / US patent (public domain).
Excerpt: Bitcoin v0.1 released Bitcoin v0.1 released Satoshi Nakamoto satoshi at vistomail.com Fri Jan 16 11:03:14 EST 2009 Previous message: [Opensim-dev] Technical assessment of Cable Beach asset server Next message: Bitcoin v0.1 released Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] > Dustin D. Trammell wrote: > > Satoshi Nakamoto wrote: > > You know, I think there were a lot more people interested in the 90's, > > but after more than a decade of failed Trusted Third Party based systems > > (Digicash, etc), t…
Bitcoin Research — Law, Regulation, Markets & Origins (2026)
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Satoshi Nakamoto. 2009-01-25 15:47:10. Full text. Licence: US government or court record / US patent (public domain).
Excerpt: Bitcoin v0.1 released Bitcoin v0.1 released Satoshi Nakamoto satoshi at vistomail.com Sun Jan 25 10:47:10 EST 2009 Previous message: What EV certs are good for Next message: Proof of Work -> atmospheric carbon Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Hal Finney wrote: > > * Spammer botnets could burn through pay-per-send email filters > > trivially > If POW tokens do become useful, and especially if they become money, > machines will no longer sit idle. Users will expect their computers to > be e…