2008.10.31 · 탄생

Satoshi Nakamoto publishes the whitepaper

The anonymous developer Satoshi Nakamoto released the whitepaper 'Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System,' introducing the concept of decentralized digital money.

Satoshi posted the nine-page whitepaper to the cypherpunk mailing list. Its core idea was solving the double-spending problem via a proof-of-work-based P2P network without a trusted third party. The context of the 2008 global financial crisis lent extra weight to the whitepaper's message.

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