[joaobatalha]

It truly is a wonderful paper. Lots of information in it. You don't need that much background knowledge to understand it, but it can take a few reads to wrap your mind around it.

I would suggest also taking a look at the annotated version of the whitepaper on Fermat's Library:

- https://fermatslibrary.com/s/bitcoin

I wrote some of the annotations and tried as much as possible to make it so that this annotated version would provide a motivated reader with all the resources needed to truly understand the bitcoin protocol.

Michael Nielsen's blogpost about Bitcoin (http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/how-the-bitcoin-protocol-a...) is also a great read.

[kharms]

Wow, thanks for sharing that link to Fermat’s library. What an amazing resource.

[perseusprime11]

Will it ever be possible to use AI/ML to identify Satoshi based on the writing style of this original paper of bitcoin?

[tuxxy]

I think I remember seeing a medium article speculating that the NSA has done this.

Found it: https://medium.com/cryptomuse/how-the-nsa-caught-satoshi-nak...

[deftnerd]

I don't think the NSA is/was the threat. If there is ever a singularity moment and an AI comes to emerge, it'll need funds to build it's power. What better way than finding the identity of Satoshi and getting his private keys?

[perseusprime11]

Very interesting!

[dajohnson89]

that'd explain why he's missing

[perseusprime11]

Do we know if Satoshi lurks around hacker news and is having a chuckle reading the comments here?

[IncRnd]

As the population size increases so does the error-rate in stylometry. See the case of Andrej Holm.

[celticninja]

I expect he took some precautions in this area, of course it's no guarantee against future advances.

[knight17]

Similar to Fermats Library is the annotated version from Genius.com: https://genius.com/3869621

[sayurichick]

for a more "idiots guide" approach, I recommend

https://learnbitcoin.cash

there is even a faucet (pretty much the site sends you a few pennies worth of BCH for free) and instructions to setup a wallet.

[alxndr]

That faucet doesn't appear to work.