diff --git a/docs/forum/p2p-foundation/2.md b/docs/forum/p2p-foundation/2.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..195e25d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/forum/p2p-foundation/2.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +--- +layout: forum +title: Bitcoin open source implementation of P2P currency +grand_parent: Forum Posts +parent: P2P Foundation +nav_order: 2 +date: 2009-02-15 16:42:00 UTC +--- + +# Bitcoin open source implementation of P2P currency + +--- + +``` +Reply by Satoshi Nakamoto on February 15, 2009 at 16:42 +Could be. They're talking about the old Chaumian central mint stuff, but maybe only because that was the only thing available. Maybe they would be interested in going in a new direction. + +A lot of people automatically dismiss e-currency as a lost cause because of all the companies that failed since the 1990's. I hope it's obvious it was only the centrally controlled nature of those systems that doomed them. I think this is the first time we're trying a decentralized, non-trust-based system. +```