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PatentBlockchainJune 14, 2026

When Sponsors Quietly Pay for a Stranger's Subscription

A new US patent application, US20260127567A1, describes a system where one party quietly pays for another party's software subscription, with an internal currency the filing calls "tokens" as the medium of exchange. The mechanism is not new. What landed in May 2026 is the latest …

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PaperBlockchainOctober 1, 2014

The state machine that promised to replace every other one

Satoshi Nakamoto solved two problems in one paper. The first was obvious to anyone who read the financial press: a peer-to-peer digital cash system that no government could shut down. The second was quieter, stranger, and arguably more durable. He had built a working model of dec…

InfoCryptographyOctober 10, 2013

The Nine-Page Paper That Quietly Replaced the Counterparty

On October 31, 2008, a person or small group working under the name Satoshi Nakamoto emailed a nine-page PDF to a small mailing list of cryptography enthusiasts. The document was called "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System." It was not peer reviewed. It was not affilia…