Quote from: NotATether on Today at 11:39:17 AM

This isn't enough to make a revelation, I need more links churning in guys.

I have something to add.

There are different versions of the Bitcoin whitepaper, all written by satoshi Nakamoto.

There currently 3 whitepaper versions

You can find more details in here:

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All 3 versions of the Bitcoin white paper are available for download below.

the 2009 version, downloadable from the official website. 2009-bitcoin
the October 2008 version, available when the official website was created. 2008-bitcoindraft

and finally the version named “Ecash”, only available by email in August and September 2008, where the most famous cryptocurrency in the world is not yet called Bitcoin. ecash (Recreation of the original file)

https://easy-bitcoin.io/whitepaper/

Certainly the ecash whitepaper is the most amazing, for historical reasons. Only available by email!

There are a few discussions about this here:

Quote from: bitmover on September 04, 2019, 05:25:45 PM

Quote from: Belisarius on August 28, 2019, 03:25:08 PM

From a historical point of view, the "ecash.pdf" file is older than the "bitcoin.pdf".

Actually, we can't be sure of the text inside. Because this is not an original.

BUT!!! I have a good new. I found a october 3, 2008 version! The one i was searching for! (but an original ecash.pdf can be older)

HERE is the rare 2008 version : https://www.gwern.net/docs/bitcoin/20081003-nakamoto-bitcoindraft.pdf

After a quick study, i can tell u there is small but existing differences in the text, between 2008 and 2009 documents.

And in the structure, 2008 pdf was created on a UNIX system, and the 2009, on a Mac. Interesting!

You really found something interesting.

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For now, we have 3 whitepapers:

https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf (newer file, from 2009)
https://www.gwern.net/docs/bitcoin/20081003-nakamoto-bitcoindraft.pdf (2008 original Whitepaper)
https://draftable.com/compare/rCuIgdwzImUI (presumed edited ecash whitepaper from 2017)

2 main questions remains:
-Where is the original Ecash file from 2008?

Later on Belisarius found the original ecash, from the link I posted in the beginning of the topic:

Quote from: Belisarius on January 03, 2021, 12:25:21 PM

Finally!

The day of the 12th Genesis block Birthday, I received my holy grail by email : a copy of the missing Ecash white paper!

To be honest, I don't know if I can trust 100% this is the real one, but it looks Legit.

https://easy-bitcoin.io/whitepaper/

If you are a metadata specialist, please let me know if there is anything wrong with this document.