0 sats \ 11 replies \ @duvel OP 30 Dec 2023 \ parent \ on: Can't download Bitcoin white paper from bitcoin.org bitcoin
When requesting https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf I get the following PDF content: It takes advantage of the nature of information being easy to spread but hard to stifle. - Satoshi Nakamoto
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170 sats \ 1 reply \ @0260378aef 30 Dec 2023
This might be due to the location of your IP address.
At one point, the white paper was entirely removed from bitcoin.org, because of the fraud Craig Wright's lawsuits threating people (specifically here, the owner of the domain bitcoin.org). I can't say for 100% but I think Cobra probably has it now set up to not deliver the whitepaper to certain jurisdictions(?).
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @duvel OP 30 Dec 2023
Yes, you're right. Thank you.
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50 sats \ 7 replies \ @ek 30 Dec 2023
Are you accessing it with an IP address located in the UK?
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0 sats \ 6 replies \ @duvel OP 30 Dec 2023
Ah yes, you're right. My VPN was using the UK. I changed the country and can now access it. So this means that people from the UK can't access any whitepaper from bitcoin.org. That is terrible.
I wonder if there are adjusted Bitcoin white papers circulating on the web with incorrect information. The only way to verify is to have a hash of the original.
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111 sats \ 0 replies \ @orthwyrm 30 Dec 2023
On behalf of the UK, I apologize for our law system enabling this retarded scammer.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @SpaceHodler 30 Dec 2023
So this means that people from the UK can't access any whitepaper from bitcoin.org. That is terrible.
Not exactly true. It doesn't apply to all people, it's limited to cucks who won't use a VPN.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 30 Dec 2023
So this means that people from the UK can't access any whitepaper from bitcoin.org. That is terrible.
Yeah, it's because of CSW suing bitcoiners in the UK.
The person hosting the site got sued for hosting the whitepaper. However, that person wanted to stay anonymous and thus didn't want to show up in court.
Therefore, CSW won by default. What a shitshow, lol
can't access any whitepaper from bitcoin.org
Are you sure it's all whitepapers though? Not only the bitcoin whitepaper? Are there even more whitepapers on that site?
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @duvel OP 30 Dec 2023
I meant the Bitcoin white papers in other languages. I tried several of them and they all gave me a 404.
Amazing that he managed to stay anonymous. Didn't know that was possible with domain names.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 30 Dec 2023
Amazing that he managed to stay anonymous.
Not sure if he's as anonymous as Satoshi (probably not) but I think he didn't want to show his face in court to the general public; making him known to a lot more people than before.
Didn't know that was possible with domain names.
Namecheap is one domain provider which allows to hide your personal information from people using whois.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @duvel OP 30 Dec 2023
Great tip!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @deletedd 30 Dec 2023
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