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		bagels on Sept 9, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Someone’s Threatening to Expose Bitcoin Founder Sa... It's not exactly free, Satoshi imposed an inflation tax on the currency by mining many early coins. I don't think that's necessarily wrong for Satoshi to have done though.

rabbyte on Sept 9, 2014 [–]

True and he technically received credit too. I suppose I meant it didn't cost you anything and he's receiving no special attention for it.

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