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Bitcoin whitepaper turns 18 as $6.3B hack fuels custody debate

By Lawrence Mondal

Bitcoin’s whitepaper turned 18 on Oct. 31, bringing fresh attention to Satoshi Nakamoto’s proposal for payments without trusted intermediaries days after Binance reported a $6.3 billion theft. Satoshi Nakamoto’s original announcement, preserved in the mailing-list archive, described an electronic cash…

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