The Book Of Satoshi
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The Book Of Satoshi

The Collected Writings of Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto

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Available until 1 Mar |Learn more

The Book Of Satoshi

The Collected Writings of Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto

About this book

Have you, like the rest of the world, speculated as to the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, anonymous creator of Bitcoin? The world's first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin went online in 2009 and has since revolutionized our concepts of currency and money. Not supported by any government or central bank, completely electronic, Bitcoin is a virtual currency based on advanced cryptographic systems. Like the currency he created, the identity of Bitcoin's creator Satoshi Nakamoto is virtual, existing only online. The Nakamoto persona, which may represent an individual or a group, exists only in the online publications that introduced and explained Bitcoin during its earliest days. Here, collected and professionally published for the first time are the essential writings that detail Bitcoin's creation. Included are • Satoshi Nakamoto Emails and Posts on Computer Forums Presented in Chronological Order • Bitcoin Fundamentals Presented in Layman's Terms • Bitcoin's Potential and Profound Economic Implications • The Seminal Paper Which Started It All The Book of Satoshi provides a convenient way to parse through what Bitcoin's creator wrote over the span of the two years that constituted his "public life" before he disappeared from the Internet . . . at least under the name Satoshi Nakamoto. Beginning on November 1st 2009 with the publication of the seminal paper describing Bitcoin, this public life ends at about the time PC World speculated as to a possible link between Bitcoin and WikiLeaks, the infamous website that publishes leaked classified materials. Was there a connection? You be the judge. Nakamoto's true identity may never be known. Therefore the writings reproduced here are probably all the world will ever hear from him concerning Bitcoin's creation, workings, and theoretical basis. Want to learn more about Bitcoin? Go directly to the source-the writings of the creator himself, Satoshi Nakamoto!

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. About the Cover Picture
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Who This Book Is Intended For
  5. Foreword
  6. 1 Introduction
  7. 2 How and Why Bitcoin works
  8. 3 The First Post on Crypto Mailing List
  9. 4 Scalability Concerns
  10. 5 The 51% Attack
  11. 6 About Centrally Controlled Networks Versus Peer-to-Peer Networks
  12. 7 Satoshi on the Initial Inflation Rate of 35%
  13. 8 About Transactions
  14. 9 On the Orphan Blocks
  15. 10 About Synchronization of Transactions
  16. 11 Satoshi Discusses Transaction Fees
  17. 12 On Confirmation and Block Time
  18. 13 The Byzantine General’s Problem
  19. 14 On Block Time, an Automated Test, and the Libertarian Viewpoint
  20. 15 More on Double Spend, Proof-of-Work, and Transaction Fees
  21. 16 On Elliptic Curve Cryptography, Denial of Service Attacks, and Confirmation
  22. 17 More on the TransactionPool, NetworkingBroadcast, andCoding Details
  23. 18 First Release of Bitcoin
  24. 19 On the Purpose For Which Bitcoin Could Be Used First
  25. 20 “Proof-of-Work” Tokens and Spammers
  26. 21 Bitcoin Announced on P2P Foundation
  27. 22 On Decentralization as Key to Success
  28. 23 On the Subject of Money Supply
  29. 24 Release ofBitcoin v0.1.3
  30. 25 On TimestampingDocuments
  31. 26 Bitcointalk ForumWelcome Message
  32. 27 On BitcoinMaturation
  33. 28 How Anonymous are Bitcoins?
  34. 29 A Few QuestionsAnswered by Satoshi
  35. 30 On “NaturalDeflation”
  36. 31 Bitcoin Version 0.2 is Here!
  37. 32 Recommendation on Ways to Do a Payment For an Order
  38. 33 On the Proof-of-Work Difficulty
  39. 34 On the Bitcoin Limit and Profitability of Nodes
  40. 35 On the Possibility of Bitcoin Address Collisions
  41. 36 QR Code
  42. 37 Bitcoin Icon/Logo
  43. 38 GPL License Versus MIT License
  44. 39 On Money Transfer Regulations
  45. 40 On the Possibility of a Cryptographic Weakness
  46. 41 On a Variety of Transaction Types
  47. 42 First Bitcoin Faucet
  48. 43 Bitcoin 0.3 Released!
  49. 44 On the Segmentation or “InternetKill Switch”
  50. 45 On Cornering the Market
  51. 46 On Scalability and Lightweight Clients
  52. 47 On Fast Transaction Problems
  53. 48 Wikipedia Article Entry on Bitcoin
  54. 49 On the Possibility of Stealing Coins
  55. 50 Major Flaw Discovered
  56. 51 On Flood Attack Prevention
  57. 52 Drainage of Bitcoin Faucet
  58. 53 Transaction to IP Address Rather than Bitcoin Address
  59. 54 On Escrow and Multi-Signature Transactions
  60. 55 On Bitcoin Mining as a Waste of Resources
  61. 56 On an Alternate Type of Block Chain with Just Hash Records
  62. 57 On the Higher Cost of Mining
  63. 58 On the Development of an Alert System
  64. 59 On the Definition of Money and Bitcoin
  65. 60 On the Requirement of a Transaction Fee
  66. 61 On Sites with CAPTCHA and Paypal Requirements
  67. 62 On Short Messages in the Block Chain
  68. 63 On Handling a Transaction Spam Flood Attack
  69. 64 On Pool Mining Technicalities
  70. 65 On WikiLeaks Using Bitcoin
  71. 66 On a DistributedDomain Name Server
  72. 67 On a PC World Article on Bitcoin and WikiLeaks Kicking the Hornet’s Nest
  73. 68 Satoshi’s Last Forum Post: Release of Bitcoin 0.3.19
  74. 69 Emails to DustinTrammell
  75. 70 Last Private Correspondence
  76. 71 Bitcoin and Me (Hal Finney)
  77. 72 Conclusion
  78. Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
  79. Terms & Definition
  80. Index