<p>On October 31, 2008, the white paper that first described Bitcoin was published on a mailing list for those interested in cryptography. </p> <p>"I've been working on a new electronic cash system that's fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party," wrote Satoshi Nakamoto, bitcoin's pseudonymous creator.<a href="https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> The link included in that email</a> still works today, directing readers to the nine-page white paper that described the particulars of bitcoin's design. </p> <p>"The main properties: Double-spending is prevented with a peer-to-peer network. No mint or other trusted parties. Participants can be anonymous. New coins are made from Hashcash style proof-of-work. The proof of work for new coin generation also powers the network to prevent double spending," Nakamoto wrote in the email. </p> <p>Months later, the Bitcoin network went live on January 3, 2009. </p> <p><em>Read the full Bitcoin white paper below:</em></p> <p><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" title="BitCoin White Paper" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/364029144/content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=scroll&amp;access_key=key-v9lV2KdOWjEuS2anaz7C" width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" data-auto-height="true" data-aspect-ratio="0.7729220222793488"></iframe></p> <p style="margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;"><a style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View BitCoin White Paper on Scribd" href="https://www.scribd.com/document/364029144/BitCoin-White-Paper#from_embed">BitCoin White Paper</a> by <a style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View ZX Lee's profile on Scribd" href="https://www.scribd.com/user/30863389/ZX-Lee#from_embed">ZX Lee</a></p>