diff --git a/ch01_intro.adoc b/ch01_intro.adoc index 693846e4..44ca370e 100644 --- a/ch01_intro.adoc +++ b/ch01_intro.adoc @@ -122,8 +122,11 @@ increased exponentially, and their combined computational power now exceeds the combined number of computing operations of the world's top supercomputers. +++++ +

Satoshi Nakamoto withdrew from the public in April 2011, leaving the responsibility of developing the code and network to a thriving group of volunteers. The identity of the person or people behind Bitcoin is still unknown. However, neither Satoshi Nakamoto nor anyone else exerts individual control over the Bitcoin system, which operates based on fully transparent mathematical principles, open source code, and consensus among participants. The invention itself is groundbreaking and has already spawned new science in the fields of distributed computing, economics, and econometrics. - +

+++++ .A Solution to a Distributed Computing Problem ****