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Re:The Decentralized Future by mlinksva on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @04:22PM (#16379509)
> It’s not a coincidence that the whitepaper was published after the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis.

Is there any evidence for this? Perhaps a statement from Satoshi that they were motivated to publish by the crisis?

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Re:The Decentralized Future by rrecuero on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @04:32PM (#16379617)
In the Genesis Block he explicitly references the post financial crisis bailouts.
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Re:The Decentralized Future by sk221 on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @04:42PM (#16379722)
Yep. He noted a headline in that day's paper

"The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks"

Source: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Genesis_block (or you can verify on the blockchain as well)

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