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Bitcoin can trace its origin to the [[B-money Proposal]].  Bitcoin's founder, [[Satoshi]] wrote the paper [http://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System].
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Revision as of 10:33, 2 February 2011

Hashbtc.jpgThis page is a stub. Help by expanding it.Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency invented by programmer, Satoshi Nakamoto, who also developed the Original Bitcoin client.

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History

The Bitcoin project was registered on November 9th, 2008. The Bitcoin network started up on January 3rd, 2009 with the genesis block. The genesis block contains a media reference to the dealings of a central banker in the UK.

Origin

Bitcoin can trace its origin to the B-money Proposal. The paper Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System preceded the first release of Bitcoin software.