{"id":35473,"date":"2021-01-27T19:02:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T17:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=35473"},"modified":"2025-08-29T01:28:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:28:40","slug":"estonia-and-colombia-post-the-bitcoin-white-paper-on-government-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/estonia-and-colombia-post-the-bitcoin-white-paper-on-government-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"Estonia and Colombia post the Bitcoin white paper on government websites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Estonian e-Residency program site published a copy of the Bitcoin white paper after the self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright attempted to claim rights to the document.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/balajis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@balajis<\/a>: As you are one of the first e-residents of Estonia, we decided to take up your challenge. The original Bitcoin whitepaper is now hosted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ddWuaZASsJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/ddWuaZASsJ<\/a> website. You can also learn more about Estonia\u2019s KSI blockchain. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BitcoinPDF?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BitcoinPDF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k6hgfAsBdM\">https:\/\/t.co\/k6hgfAsBdM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sqKxWgF1uk\">https:\/\/t.co\/sqKxWgF1uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 e-Residency: Estonia (@e_Residents) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/e_Residents\/status\/1354097707124748288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On January 22, the former Coinbase chief technology officer Balaji Srinivasan proposed that government sites around the world host the Bitcoin white paper.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is actually an excellent goal. What will be the first government domain to host the Bitcoin whitepaper?<\/p>\n<p>Some places it might happen first:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrancisSuarez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FrancisSuarez<\/a>: Miami<br \/>\n\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seikatsu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@seikatsu<\/a>: Estonia<br \/>\n\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikeeisenberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mikeeisenberg<\/a>: Israel<br \/>\n\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RMantri?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RMantri<\/a>: India<br \/>\n\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaitlinLong_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CaitlinLong_<\/a>: Wyoming<br \/>\n\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JTLonsdale?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JTLonsdale<\/a>: Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ICqTw0tn6Y\">https:\/\/t.co\/ICqTw0tn6Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 balajis.com (@balajis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/balajis\/status\/1352623050869489670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Bitcoin white paper was also posted by the Colombian government site.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf4 And Colombia\u2019s government has also posted the Bitcoin whitepaper! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JCastroS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JCastroS<\/a> is an advisor to the Colombian President, the official government site is <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Car1PEKke8\">https:\/\/t.co\/Car1PEKke8<\/a> and this is their URL shortener. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PoKXgSRGJ0\">https:\/\/t.co\/PoKXgSRGJ0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 balajis.com (@balajis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/balajis\/status\/1354107493664788481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As reported, on January 21, 2021 Wright accused Bitcoin.org and Bitcoincore.org of copyright infringement and demanded <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-org-refused-to-remove-the-bitcoin-white-paper-at-craig-wrights-request\">remove the Bitcoin white paper<\/a>. The owner of Bitcoin.org, Cobra, refused to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Estonian e-Residency program site published a copy of the Bitcoin white paper after the self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright attempted to assert rights to the document.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,1545,375,35,1566],"class_list":["post-35473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-colombia","tag-craig-wright","tag-estonia","tag-whitepaper"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"21","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35475,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35473\/revisions\/35475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}