On October 31, 2008, the white paper that first described Bitcoin was published on a mailing list for those interested in cryptography. “I’ve been working on a new electronic cash system that’s fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party,” wrote Satoshi Nakamoto, bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator. The link included in that email still works today, directing […]The post Bitcoin’s white paper was published 12 years ago today appeared first on The Block.