Bitcoin Whitepaper Anniversary marks 18 years, BTC supply tops 20 million

The Bitcoin Whitepaper Anniversary marks the pivotal moment when digital finance took a new direction, emphasizing direct peer-to-peer transactions without reliance on traditional banking institutions. Published on October 31, 2008, by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, the nine-page document outlined a revolutionary electronic cash system. Today, Bitcoin has grown into an asset valued at $1.55 trillion. Satoshi Nakamoto’s seminal paper, “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System,” was introduced to a cryptography mailing list, proposing a network where users could send payments to each other directly, bypassing intermediaries.

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