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Original founding documents

Bitcoin & Ethereum White Papers

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Bitcoin and Ethereum as brothers

Bitcoin White Paper

Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System by Satoshi Nakamoto (2008). The nine-page paper that described Bitcoin’s design for electronic cash without a central authority.

Official PDF · bitcoin.org

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Ethereum White Paper

Ethereum: A Next-Generation Smart Contract and Decentralized Application Platform by Vitalik Buterin. The founding vision for a programmable blockchain beyond digital cash.

Official page · ethereum.org

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