MilestoneBitcoin2008
Bitcoin Whitepaper Published
Satoshi Nakamoto released the Bitcoin whitepaper, outlining peer-to-peer electronic cash and trustless consensus.
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Peak metricN/A
OutcomeOpen-source release
ChainBitcoin
Year2008
Typemilestone
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protocolwhitepaper
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