The Origins of Bitcoin: How Satoshi Nakamoto Created a Decentralized Digital Currency
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Satoshi Nakamoto registered bitcoin.org domain and released the Bitcoin white paper between August and October 2008.
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Nakamoto had the idea for Bitcoin years before 2008 and spent time researching electronic cash systems.
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Bitcoin was presented as a utilitarian system for payments, not trying to convince people it was revolutionary.
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Key innovation was removing central authorities and replacing trust with cryptographic proofs.
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Early ideas were for micropayments and international transfers, not privacy.