The full email correspondence between Hashcash inventor Adam Back and Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto is now public after being entered into the official court records in the U.K. this week. 

Detailed in the five emails below is the complete conversation between Nakamoto and Back, who was cited in the seminal Bitcoin white paper. In the emails, the two cryptography heavyweights can be seen for the first time discussing the work. 

Though Back has previously discussed the emails, hinting at the conversation, and in particular how he neglected to read the Bitcoin white paper at first, the emails represent the first time that the full text has been made available.

Adam Back, a renowned…

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