diff --git a/docs/emails/cryptography/9.md b/docs/emails/cryptography/9.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d4a8986 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/emails/cryptography/9.md @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +--- +layout: default +title: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper +grand_parent: Emails +parent: Cryptography Mailing List +nav_order: 9 +--- + +# Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper + +The email on the Cryptography Mailing List that announced Bitcoin publicly to the world. +{: .fs-6 .fw-300 } + +--- + +``` +James A. Donald wrote: +> Furthermore, it cannot be made to work, as in the +> proposed system the work of tracking who owns what coins +> is paid for by seigniorage, which requires inflation. + +If you're having trouble with the inflation issue, it's easy to tweak it for transaction fees instead. It's as simple as this: let the output value from any transaction be 1 cent less than the input value. Either the client software automatically writes transactions for 1 cent more than the intended payment value, or it could come out of the payee's side. The incentive value when a node finds a proof-of-work for a block could be the total of the fees in the block. + +Satoshi Nakamoto + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------- +The Cryptography Mailing List +Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo at metzdowd.com +```