Wei Dai and Adam Back were the first two people contacted by Satoshi Nakamoto as he was developing Bitcoin in 2008 and the b-money paper was referenced in the subsequent Bitcoin whitepaper.
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Government Holdings At the moment, governments all over the world collectively own around 260,000 BTC, which is 1.237% of the total supply. Bulgaria alone is believed to hold over 213,000 BTC. The U.S. government obtained Bitcoin from Silk Road in 2013, but eventually sold it in 2015.
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