David Johnston

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Event August 20, 2008 Added October 15, 2026 Updated October 16, 2026 Analysis

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

Satoshi Nakamoto ↔ Adam Back, Wei Dai, Gwern, James Evans, StealthMonger, David Johnston

On August 20, 2008 Satoshi emailed Adam Back a link to a draft titled "Electronic Cash Without a Trusted Third Party." Its title and abstract survive in two emails. The PDF does not.

Event January 26, 2015 Added October 15, 2026 Updated October 15, 2026 Mailing List 2 messages

[Cryptography] 2008 revision of Bitcoin whitepaper

David Johnston ↔ StealthMonger

David Johnston offers to receive the 2008 whitepaper from StealthMonger by the slow, anonymous path and to assemble and host it on his own, non-anonymous website.