Today marks exactly 12 years since the publication of the famous Bitcoin White Paper, written by Satoshi Nakamoto. The Manifesto: a precursor to the creation of BTC The so-called Nakamoto Manifesto was published exactly 12 years ago - on October 31, 2008. The BTC creator originally distributed it via the metzdowd.com mailing list. The document describes the principles of the Bitcoin network. "A full-fledged version of electronic money based on a peer-to-peer network communication model would allow online payments to be sent directly from one entity to another without the need for transactions to flow through financial institutions," - so reads the first sentence of the introduction. "E-commerce is forced to rely almost exclusively on financial institutions to serve as trusted processors of electronic payments... What is needed is an electronic payment system based on proof of cryptography instead of trust, allowing any two entities, willing to do so, to process transactions directly between themselves without the need for an additional trusted entity," - we read further. You can read the whole thing in Polish here. Celebrities wish BTC all the best! This year the anniversary was celebrated with a little humor. The social media video sharing platform Cameo published wishes for Bitcoin. Only that they are not submitted by members of the blockchain community or well-known persons from this market, but celebrities: well-known musicians, actors and comedians. The company behind the initiative is Halborn. And so all the best to the cryptocurrency are wished: David Hasselhoff, Charlie Sheen, Carole Baskin, Charlamagne Tha God, Gilbert Gottfried, Doug Benson, Hassan Johnson, Soulja Boy and RZA. Everything is given in a lighthearted manner. For example, Charlamagne Tha God doubts whether the pictures he found while typing "Satoshi Nakamoto" into Google really depict the creator of BTC. In turn, the famous star of "Sunshine Patrol", David Hasselhoff explains to us that he is the one who designed Bitcoin. Of course, conservative fans may be outraged by the form of such a celebration, but on the other hand it shows how far Bitcoin has come over this decade and two: from a geek toy to an asset that almost everyone is talking about today, and in which the biggest Wall Street firms are investing. Tags bitcoin adoption bitcoin Manifesto
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