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> It’s not a coincidence that the whitepaper was published after the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis. Is there any evidence for this? Perhaps a statement from Sa
by mlinksva 9y ago
> It’s not a coincidence that the whitepaper was published after the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis.
Is there any evidence for this? Perhaps a statement from Satoshi that they were motivated to publish by the crisis?
- rrecuero 9y agoIn the Genesis Block he explicitly references the post financial crisis bailouts.
- sk221 9y agoYep. He noted a headline in that day's paper "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks" Source: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Genesis_block https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Genesis_block (or you can verify on the blockchain as well)