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Topic: What format did Satoshi use for his original Bitcoin paper? (Read 1087 times)

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I outlived my lifetime membership:)
It is not Latex, it is an imitation of Latex.

written in OpenOffice Writer 2.4

8.5 x 11 inches

True Type fonts

converted to PDF after originally written in Writer


Really? Hmm...good to know. That sorta throws out more of the true academic mathy types as possible authors.
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Cool deal. I'll take a look at Latex then. Thanks!
sr. member
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It is not Latex, it is an imitation of Latex.

written in OpenOffice Writer 2.4

8.5 x 11 inches

True Type fonts

converted to PDF after originally written in Writer
donator
Activity: 1464
Merit: 1047
I outlived my lifetime membership:)
Looks like a PDF from LaTeX to me...and that's a document format, not a rubbery substance. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX

Should be trivial to check on a computer. I'm on my phone. http://Http://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
sr. member
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I believe it was A4
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Should've used a typewriter and scanned it to the internet.
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You should ask him.


[when I get a chance I'll read the whitepaper again and see if I can figure something out]

He stopped answering my calls. Tongue

[thanks!]
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You should ask him.


[when I get a chance I'll read the whitepaper again and see if I can figure something out]
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Might be a bit of a random question, but I just finished reading Satoshi's original Bitcoin paper and I was wondering what format he used for it. It's not MLA or APA, which exhausts my (admittedly limited) knowledge of essay formats. I like the simplicity of the format he used, so I'd like to know more about it. Can someone let me know what format he used? Is it even an established format, or is it just how he decided to format it himself?
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