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Here's about 150 links to get you started: http://lopp.net/bitcoin.html http://lopp.net/bitcoin.html The arguments for digital cash have been laid out since the cypherpunk days of the early '90s. Go read True Names: and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier for the philosophical underpinnings.