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Re: Questions about BitCoin

The email on the Cryptography Mailing List that announced Bitcoin publicly to the world. {: .fs-6 .fw-300 }

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From: Satoshi Nakamoto <satoshin@gmx.com>
Date: Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:11 PM
To: Mike Hearn <mike@plan99.net>
Subject: Re: Questions about BitCoin
 
It keeps getting extended all the time.  If it stopped, an attacker would have time to catch up.  Don't worry, empty blocks aren't very big.
 
As you say, it's the order of events that matters.