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title: 'Re: [p2p-research] Bitcoin open source implementation of P2P'
date: 2009-02-13 18:29:45 +0000
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# Re: [p2p-research] Bitcoin open source implementation of P2P

The email on the Cryptography Mailing List that announced Bitcoin publicly to the world.
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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:29:45 +0000
From: Satoshi Nakamoto <satoshin@gmx.com>
To: p2presearch@listcultures.org
Subject: Re: [p2p-research] Bitcoin open source implementation of P2P

Michel Bauwens wrote:
> how operational is your project? how soon do you think people will be 
> able to use it in real life?

It's fully operational and the network is growing.  If you try the 
software, e-mail me your Bitcoin address and I'll send you a few coins.

We just need to spread the word and keep getting more people interested.

I'll forward the release introduction in the next message.

Satoshi

http://www.bitcoin.org

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