Bitcoin White Paper Reviewed

Bitcoin Will Still Bite the Dust

Economic professor Kevin Dowd argues that bitcoin is like the Ford Model T and, while innovative, cannot survive in the long term.

Tech  ·  13 January 2019

Bitcoin Brought Us a New World We Could Have Only Imagined

It's been 10 years since bitcoin's white paper appeared and opened up a whole new world of possibilities, says BitGo's Mike Belshe.

Tech  ·  3 November 2018
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Bitcoin’s White Paper Is Not a Bible – Stop Worshipping It

Software evolves, read-only text documents do not.

Tech  ·  1 November 2018
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Planting Bitcoin Part Four: Gardening

Once Satoshi's design for Bitcoin's genetic code was planted, it became time to nurture its development as a wholly new form of money.

Tech  ·  31 October 2018
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The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword? Bitcoin’s White Paper Proves It

The pen is mightier than the sword, or so Satoshi Nakamoto proved with bitcoin.

Tech  ·  31 October 2018
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The Bitcoin White Paper’s Birth Date Should Give Us All a Scare

Knowing Satoshi, Halloween was no coincidence.

Tech  ·  31 October 2018
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19 Words Prove Just How Audacious Bitcoin Really Was

Getting back to basics means capturing the spirit also.

Tech  ·  31 October 2018
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What Bitcoin’s White Paper Got Right, Wrong and What We Still Don’t Know

Bitcoin's white paper has its flaws, too.

Tech  ·  30 October 2018
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Planting Bitcoin  Part Three: Soil

The bitcoin white paper wasn't written for no one. It was a carefully targeted message designed to bootstrap growth.

Tech  ·  29 October 2018
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Bitcoin’s White Paper: The Blueprint for a Payments Model T

The Model T democratized the car industry – and the bitcoin white paper did the same for payments, says Ripple's top technologist, David Schwartz.

Tech  ·  28 October 2018
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The Double-Spend (What Bitcoin’s White Paper Solved Forever)

Bitcoin's white paper solving the double-spend problem in the digital world makes near real-time commerce possible across the entire planet.

Tech  ·  27 October 2018
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Bitcoin’s White Paper Isn’t Just Words – It’s a Constitution

The foundation of a new and better governance?

Tech  ·  25 October 2018
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Planting Bitcoin Part One: Species

Only the strong survive and bitcoin is no exception.

Tech  ·  24 October 2018
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Distributed Ledgers, Not Tokens, Are the True Heirs to Satoshi’s Vision

What if bitcoin's white paper wasn't meant to inspire ICOs?

Tech  ·  23 October 2018
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Bitcoin’s White Paper Gave Us Liberty – Let’s Not Give It Back

Charlie Shrem, one of bitcoin's earliest entrepreneurs, believes Satoshi's white paper is about more than just technology.

Tech  ·  20 October 2018