Celebrating White Paper Day Eve, the 17th anniversary of the Bitcoin white paper
Guest Phil Champagne discusses the second edition of The Book of Satoshi, which now includes newly released private email exchanges from early Bitcoin contributors revealed through the COPA v. Craig Wright lawsuit
Champagne explains how these emails deepen our understanding of Satoshi Nakamoto’s thinking and confirm that Bitcoin’s creator was likely a single individual, not a team
Insights into Satoshi’s mindset, motivations, and Austrian economics background—his aim to build a decentralized monetary system free from third parties
Discussion of Bitcoin’s early forum culture, featuring figures like Hal Finney, Gavin Andresen, Martti Malmi, and James Donald
Phil recalls Satoshi’s elegant defense of Bitcoin as “digital gold that can be transmitted electronically,” countering Peter Schiff’s criticisms before they existed
A deep dive into Satoshi’s genius in solving the Byzantine Generals Problem and inventing the difficulty adjustment, enabling digital scarcity
Champagne reflects on the importance of Satoshi disappearing, decentralizing Bitcoin’s ownership and ensuring its neutrality
The hosts discuss how early skepticism and problem-solving exchanges shaped Bitcoin’s robust design
Closing thoughts on Bitcoin’s evolution—Layer 2, privacy, and the belief that today’s challenges will be solved just as the “impossible” Byzantine problem once was

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