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November 15, 2008 Cryptography Mailing List 18 messages

"Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper" — Satoshi's first Bitcoin announcement (Oct 2008)

Satoshi Nakamoto ↔ Ray Dillinger

Satoshi explains that Bitcoin uses ECC digital signatures with a new key pair for every transaction, providing pseudonymity, and that 5-10 block confirmations are typically sufficient.