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Verbatim Community Citations & Social Evidence 1 source posts analyzed
On this day in history, 16 years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto posted, “As a thought experiment, imagine there was a base metal as scarce as gold but with…one special, magical property: can be transported over a communication channel”
AI visual note: A screenshot of a Bitcoin Talk forum post by user "satoshi" (Founder) dated August 27, 2010, titled "Re: Bitcoin does NOT violate Mises' Regression Theorem." The post presents a thought experiment about a scarce base metal with non-traditional properties that could be transported over a communications channel, arguing it could still acquire value as a medium of exchange even without intrinsic value—directly matching the referenced quote about Bitcoin's potential to become money.