P2P Research List

A P2P Foundation mailing list for peer-to-peer theory and practice research, where Satoshi personally posted his Bitcoin announcement in February 2009.

2009

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Event February 11, 2009 Added March 27, 2026 Updated April 19, 2026 Mailing List 7 messages

Satoshi introduces Bitcoin on the P2P Research mailing list — "[p2p-research] Bitcoin open source implementation of P2P currency" (February 2009)

Satoshi Nakamoto

Satoshi introduces Bitcoin to the P2P Research mailing list, explaining trust-based currency problems and how Bitcoin uses cryptographic proof and a peer-to-peer network to solve double-spending.