The bitcoin whitepaper is 10 years old.

Congratz to bitcoin and this important birthday. I actually think the real birthday is the 1. Block of course, but the whitepaper is a big and important historical milestone.

Have you actually read it?

I have read the whitepaper fairly early on in 2013 and it changed everything for me. Before reading it, it all sounded a bit funny this internet money. But once I read the whitepaper which is somewhat easy to read for something this profound and technical some of the power of bitcoin became immediatly clear.

Unconfiscatable

Specifically the unconfiscatable nature and strength through decentralization were immediately apparent to me.

I immediately began to think about how this could affect the power structures in our society and enable innovations. That was my "Holy Shit - this is huge" moment with bitcoin.

What was it like for you to read the bitcoin paper? And if you have not read it yet, why not?