Perhaps it was time for a cryptocurrency to stride from the proverbial phone booth, underpants over its tights, and save the day? Certainly, in December 2010 there was much enthusiasm from cypherpunks for WikiLeaks to link to bitcoin on their website for donations. Like FBI agent Fox Mulder in The X-Files only more so, Nakamoto trusts no one and that philosophy has underpinned his/her/their invention. “I want to make your eyes shine in bright-eyed wonder as you reread the Bitcoin white paper, just as mine did,” Brekke writes. • The White Paper is published by Ignota (£12.99).

Source: The Guardian June 26, 2019 10:52 UTC