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Event August 21, 2008 Private Correspondence 5 messages

Satoshi ↔ Adam Back Correspondence

Adam Back ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

Adam Back's second reply: he has not yet read the paper, but suggests Ron Rivest et al's MicroMint as another related work using k-way hash collisions for digital coin scarcity.

Event August 21, 2008 Article

Re: Hashcash citation — suggesting MicroMint paper

Adam Back ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

Adam Back suggests Satoshi look at Ron Rivest's 1996 MicroMint paper on k-way hash collisions. Back admits he has not yet read the draft — a decision he later called 'probably my biggest mistake.'