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Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
September 18, 2015
No mechanism exists to make payments over a communications channel without a trusted party - what is needed is an electronic payment system based on cryptographic proof instead of trust, allowing any two willing parties to transact directly with each other without the need for a trusted third party.