Estonia first country to host Bitcoin whitepaper on government domain

Estonia appears to be the first country to host Bitcoin’s whitepaper via its government domain.

The Estonian government agency handling the nation’s e-residency program tweeted a link to the whitepaper on Tuesday.

.@balajis: 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 https://t.co/ddWuaZASsJ website. You can also learn more about Estonia's KSI blockchain. #BitcoinPDF https://t.co/k6hgfAsBdM https://t.co/sqKxWgF1uk
— e-Residency: Estonia (@e_Residents) January 26, 2021

Industry insider Balaji Srinivasan challenged governments to host Bitcoin’s whitepaper in response to Craig Wright’s latest legal threat to its publishing rights. Estonia is the only nation to accept so far.

Wright claims to be pseudonymous Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, and has previously taken steps to copyright the cryptocurrency’s whitepaper in the US.

Is it possible to copyright strike a whole country? Asking for a friend.

A raft of prominent crypto figures — including Jack Dorsey’s Square — have already thumbed their noise at Wright by hosting the whitepaper themselves.

https://t.co/LcZKGu5pqt https://t.co/RCrfICTbvY https://t.co/NqO4SxcdeZ https://t.co/y58EEhMB2h https://t.co/Fu0wqWf8ll

Who else wants to join this party?
— Jerry Brito (@jerrybrito) January 21, 2021