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Satoshi responds to Sepp Hasslberger about Open Coin, arguing previous e-currency failures were due to centralization and Bitcoin is the first decentralized, non-trust-based system.
Satoshi expresses confidence that some form of electronic currency will be in use within a decade, describing Bitcoin as the first attempt at a non-trust-based system.
Satoshi CC's his Trammell exchange to bitcoin-list and the Cryptography list, sharing his Bitcoin vision including the famous line 'It might make sense just to get some in case it catches on.'
Satoshi discusses dynamic IPs, asks permission to CC the conversation to bitcoin-list and the Cryptography mailing list, and envisions Bitcoin use cases including pay-to-send email and micropayments.
Satoshi sketches Bitcoin use cases — reward points, donation tokens, game currency, micropayments, pay-to-send email, trial subscriptions — and asks to CC the thread to bitcoin-list and Cryptography.