Electronic Cash Without a Trusted Third Party

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Defined in: Bitcoin whitepaper's lost first draft: the PDF Satoshi emailed in August 2008

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Event August 20, 2008 Added February 8, 2026 Updated October 15, 2026 Article

Hashcash citation and Bitcoin whitepaper draft

Satoshi Nakamoto's earliest known email. He contacts Adam Back to verify the Hashcash paper citation and shares a pre-release draft titled 'Electronic Cash Without a Trusted Third Party' (ecash.pdf).