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October 31, 2008: The world’s financial system is still reeling from Lehman Brothers’ collapse when a pseudonymous ghost named Satoshi Nakamoto drops a nine-page PDF into an obscure cryptography mailing list. It’s called 'Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.' No fanfare, no TED Talk—just a quiet middle finger to banks. Satoshi’s pitch? Cut out the middleman. No more trusting suits in skyscrapers; instead, trust math—cryptography and a shared ledger anyone can verify. By January 2009, the first block, the 'genesis block,' is mined, embedding a headline from The Times: 'Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.' It’s a timestamp and a taunt. Bitcoin’s born not just as tech, but as a manifesto. Sixteen years later, it’s a trillion-dollar beast, and Satoshi’s still a shadow. The banks? They’re still here, but they’re sweating. 0 reply
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