Some of the Bitcoin communityâs most prominent voices (and also Facebook subsidiary Novi) are now hosting the Bitcoin white paper.
The move follows legal threats from nChain Chief Scientist Craig Wright levied against the nonprofit that has long hosted cryptoâs foundational document.
âYesterday, both Bitcoin.org and Bitcoincore.org received allegations of copyright infringement of the Bitcoin white paper by lawyers representing Craig Steven Wright,â the nonprofit wrote Thursday morning.
Bitcoin was created by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, who has yet to be conclusively identified. Wright has repeatedly made claims that he is Satoshi.
Seemingly in response to the takedown notice, a wave of crypto firms have published the white paper on their websites. As of press time they include:
Others are likely to join in.
The document has been uploaded to Arweave, a distributed platform for âpermanentâ file storage. It is also being stored on the âuncensorable webâ via the InterPlanetary File System (IFPS) and the Ethereum Name Service (ENS).
Bitcoincore.org appears to have taken down its copy of the Bitcoin white paper. The PDF is still live, however, on Bitcoin.org.