Series I · Card 4 of 21 · SATOSHI’S MAILBOX
Governments are good at cutting off the heads of a centrally controlled networks like Napster, but pure P2P networks like Gnutella and Tor seem to be holding their own.
SATOSHI NAKAMOTO · CRYPTOGRAPHY MAILING LIST · 06.11.2008
Turn it over, answer, sign – free, no account.
Source
Cryptography mailing list (metzdowd), “Re: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper”, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
About the author
Pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin. Published the whitepaper “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” in 2008 and launched the network in 2009. Their identity remains unknown.
About the source
The Cryptography mailing list: a moderated list on cryptography where Satoshi presented the whitepaper on 31 October 2008.
The question on the back
How many services you use daily could be shut off with one call?