Too Long; Didn't Read
I can remember five years ago when I first heard of bitcoin. I read through the <a href="https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf" target="_blank">bitcoin white paper</a> written by Satoshi Nakamoto. That’s not his real name. It’s a pseudonym. I think he was smart not to publicize his own name. It’s allowed us to focus on the technology, not a story which could be spun by the media. In this white paper, Nakamoto lays out a framework for how to manage a de-centralized ledger he calls the “Blockchain.” Blockchain technology could have many applications, but it’s first is implemented in the bitcoin platform.