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yo'
5:40 AM
Hello there! Could someone from this site please evaluate the following question, whether it fits on this site? I think it's interesting, but it's certainly not suitable for our site. Also, if something could be done to make it fine for here, please let me know. Thanks!
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Q: Was anything in Satoshi Nakamoto's original Bitcoin paper compiled in LaTeX?

Vincent VerheyenThe complete paper This question is about Satoshi Nakamoto's original Bitcoin paper, which can be found at: https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf, [live]; or identical (also 184,292 bytes) e.g. https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf, [archived 4 July 2010]. In an attempt to somewhat date this paper, ever...

 
 
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7:38 AM
@yo' Wow, that is a long and detailed question. For it to be on topic on skeptics, there needs to be a notable claim that is in doubt. The press release from the university claims it was written in Latex. Some random denizens disagree. If we focus the question onto that issue, it seems to be in scope.
That said, I think it is unlikely to receive an answer here. The Latex experts are all over on tex.SE, not here.
(To be clear: If you send it over here, it will be ruthlessly cut down to the core claim - I hope that satisfies the author.)
 
 
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yo'
8:45 AM
@Oddthinking Well, all of TeX.SX doubts it's done in LaTeX, and the PDF itself says "created in OpenOffice" (the message can be modified), so there are arguments on both sides...
I informed the OP in our chat, thanks:
in TeX, LaTeX and Friends, 46 secs ago, by yo'
@VincentVerheyen (so it can be placed in Skeptics, but it has to be slightly modified.)
 

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