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Welcome to episode 3 of Satoshi's Complete Writings, Double Spending Solved.

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Before Bitcoin, every attempt at digital cash failed for the same reason.

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Digital information can be copied.

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If you email someone a digital dollar, what stops you from keeping a copy and spending it again?

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This is the double spending problem, and solving it without a central authority was considered impossible.