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Kofi drives a zemidjan in Lomé. A customer tells him: “$BTC is a scheme invented by banks to rip us off.” Kofi hesitates. The truth is almost the opposite: exactly 18 years ago, on October 31, 2008, an unknown person published a 9-page document proposing a currency that works without a bank. Here’s what it actually says, in simple terms.
📜 The context: a crisis of confidence
• September 2008: Lehman Brothers goes bankrupt, and the global financial crisis erupts.