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Bitcoin 2008: Satoshi Nakamoto’s Busy Few Months Building the Revolutionary 'P2P Electronic Cash' Network

The Bitcoin white paper was first published 15 years ago. CoinDesk reflects on some of its earliest archival material and statements from Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.

By Daniel Kuhn|Edited by Benjamin Schiller

Updated Jun 14, 2024, 7:28 p.m. Published Oct 31, 2023, 1:35 p.m.

The "Skull Of Satoshi" sculpture was developed for Greenpeace as a statement against Bitcoin's environmental footprint, but has been adopted as symbol of Bitcoin's pirate ethos. (Von Wong Productions)