

Oh yeh it's very straightforward to get it elsewhere – this is more the principal of the whole thing. The discussion on Twitter continues to revolve around whether the pseudonymous admin of needs to find someone else, “more anonymous,” to host Bitcoin Core instead.

I’m not allowed to distribute the white paper on, or “in any other way.” We have to follow the law,” said the pseudonymous developer on Twitter, adding that disobeying the order would lead to the entire site getting blocked in the UK.Īccording to him, disregarding the ruling could lead to serious ramifications, resulting in the incarceration of people associated with the company behind for up to 2 years if they visit the UK. “The white paper is in the blockchain and can be retrieved through the software. It seems not only the Whitepaper, but also Bitcoin Core is being blocked for UK users on
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London’s High Court forbade the developer from distributing this document in any way or form, so Cobra decided to shut down the Bitcoin software downloading as well. Released in 2008 under an MIT public license, the Bitcoin white paper is a technical manifesto, outlining the fundamentals for the first functional cryptocurrency powered by a distributed ledger technology called blockchain, as it breaks down the fundamentals of a cryptographically secured, peer-to-peer electronic payment system. The restriction was ordered by London’s High Court, which ruled in favour of self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright, in the white paper case earlier this week. An anonymous Bitcoin ( BTC ) developer, who goes by the pseudonym Cøbra has blocked access to the Bitcoin white paper and suspended downloading of the Bitcoin Core software for UK users on, “an informational site dedicated to help educate and facilitate the understanding of Bitcoin.”
