<p>According to the original source of Bitcoin, On 31 October 2008, a link to a paper authored by Satoshi Nakamoto titled Bitcoin, as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system was posted to a cryptography mailing list. He implemented the bitcoin software as open-source code and released it in early 2009.</p>

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Heena Kousar
<p>Archive.org say on dec 24 2008 : <strong><em>"Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:16:33"</em></strong>
[<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081224103053/https://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg09959.html]" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://web.archive.org/web/20081224103053/https://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg09959.html]</a></p>

<p>And Tim May (Cypherpunk) say (about the mail list creation in 1992) :  <em>John Gilmore and Hugh Daniel hosted the mailing list. There was no moderation, no screening, no "censorship" (in the loose sense, not referring to government censorship, of which of course there was none.) The "no moderation" policy went along with "no leaders."</em></p>

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<p>According to the mailing list archives, the mailing list received <a href="http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2008-October/014810.html" rel="noreferrer">Satoshi's email</a> at <code>Fri Oct 31 14:10:00 EDT 2008</code>. However the mailing list is moderated so perhaps the email was not received by everyone until a day later on November 1st. The <a href="http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2008-November/014814.html" rel="noreferrer">first response</a> to the email was sent on November 2nd, so it may be that the email was not forwarded to the list for a day or so.</p>

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Ava Chow
<p>When examining about this, it is said that many are November 1, 2008, but on the other hand, there are sites that are on October 31st. Which one is correct?</p>

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Both might be true.  It can be simultaneously Nov 1 and Oct 31 in different timezones.  [An aircraft flight can arrive the day before it departed](https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/flights-take-off-2018-land-2017-time-travel-auckland-hawaii-air-new-zealand-hawaiian-airways-taipei-a8136491.html)
RedGrittyBrick
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When was the paper of bitcoin announced?
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# When was the paper of bitcoin announced?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-06-23)

When examining about this, it is said that many are November 1, 2008, but on the other hand, there are sites that are on October 31st. Which one is correct?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Both might be true.  It can be simultaneously Nov 1 and Oct 31 in different timezones.  [An aircraft flight can arrive the day before it departed](https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/flights-take-off-2018-land-2017-time-travel-auckland-hawaii-air-new-zealand-hawaiian-airways-taipei-a8136491.html)  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2017-06-23. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

According to the mailing list archives, the mailing list received [Satoshi's email](http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2008-October/014810.html) at `Fri Oct 31 14:10:00 EDT 2008`. However the mailing list is moderated so perhaps the email was not received by everyone until a day later on November 1st. The [first response](http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2008-November/014814.html) to the email was sent on November 2nd, so it may be that the email was not forwarded to the list for a day or so.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2022-11-10. Score: 1

According to the original source of username_3, On 31 October 2008, a link to a paper authored by Satoshi Nakamoto titled username_3, as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system was posted to a cryptography mailing list. He implemented the username_3 software as open-source code and released it in early 2009.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-10-31. Score: 0

Archive.org say on dec 24 2008 : ***"Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:16:33"***
[<https://web.archive.org/web/20081224103053/https://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg09959.html]>

And Tim May (Cypherpunk) say (about the mail list creation in 1992) : *John Gilmore and Hugh Daniel hosted the mailing list. There was no moderation, no screening, no "censorship" (in the loose sense, not referring to government censorship, of which of course there was none.) The "no moderation" policy went along with "no leaders."*


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