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Satoshi announces Bitcoin to the P2P Foundation

Nakamoto introduced the running software to a wider audience and stated the problem it was built to solve.

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The post described a system with no central server and no trusted parties, and argued that conventional currency requires trusting a central bank not to debase it and banks not to lose the money. It is the fullest statement of motivation Nakamoto published under his own account.