Correspondence topic guide · Edition 1.0.0
Double spending & consensus
A compact reading path through the archive’s double-spending records and the design questions that surround confirmation, ordering and competing histories.
What this guide includes.
This guide uses the archive’s exact double-spending tag. “Consensus” is an editorial description of the surrounding research question, not an additional dataset label or a claim that the historical vocabulary matches current terminology.
Limit: A tagged record can discuss a threat, example or implementation detail without supplying a complete consensus specification. Read the linked source in context before citing it.
Coverage / 2008–2010
The shape of this source set.
Counts describe indexed records, not distinct claims or unique ideas. Cross-posts, reply threads and multi-tag records can overlap.
Records by year
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Records by venue
| Venue | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BitcoinTalk | 15 | 53.6% |
| Cryptography list | 8 | 28.6% |
| P2P Research list | 3 | 10.7% |
| bitcoin-list | 1 | 3.6% |
| P2P Foundation | 1 | 3.6% |
Matching tag counts
- double spending28100.0% of this guide
Tag counts can sum above the 28 unique records in this guide.
Reading lenses
Three questions to carry into the sources.
These prompts organize close reading. They are not quotations or claims attributed to Satoshi.
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Threat model
Begin with the 2008 mailing-list exchanges to locate double spending within the objections raised against the proposed system.
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Confirmations and ordering
Trace how later records connect transaction confidence to competing chains and accumulated proof of work.
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Vocabulary over time
Keep the archive’s source-era wording distinct from later consensus terminology and modern implementation assumptions.
Deterministic reading path
Ten coordinates across the record.
The generator removes repeated normalized subjects, then selects an even chronological spread. It is a reproducible orientation set—not a ranking of importance or a random sample.
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· Cryptography list
Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper
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· bitcoin-list
[bitcoin-list] Bitcoin v0.1 Alpha release notes
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· P2P Research list
[p2p-research] Bitcoin P2P e-currency v0.1 released
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· BitcoinTalk
Re: Bitcoin snack machine (fast transaction problem)
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· BitcoinTalk
Re: Bitcoin minting is thermodynamically perverse
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· BitcoinTalk
Version 0.3.10 - block 74638 overflow PATCH!
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· BitcoinTalk
Re: [PATCH] Automatic block validation
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· BitcoinTalk
Re: checkpointing the block chain
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· BitcoinTalk
Re: Need OP_BLOCKNUMBER to allow "time" limited transactions
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· BitcoinTalk
Re: Fees in BitDNS confusion
Need every match? Open the searchable archive with the primary tag applied. For combined-tag coverage, use the exact selection rule recorded above.
Limited source previews
Three pointers into the full record.
Each preview is an existing archive excerpt of no more than 18 words from a separate source record. Complete wording stays at the linked archive.
· bitcoin-list
Release notes for Bitcoin v0.1 Alpha Bitcoin is a new electronic cash system that uses a peer-to-peer network…
Read the complete record in context ↗· BitcoinTalk
It looks like we overtook the bad chain somewhere around 74689. 0.3.9 and lower nodes have been responding…
Read the complete record in context ↗· BitcoinTalk
Not locktime. There's a possible design for far in the future: You intentionally write a double-spend. You write…
Read the complete record in context ↗
Exact tags, documented era, pinned bytes.
The network-free builder verifies correspondence dataset v1.0.0 by SHA-256, includes only records marked documented-project-era, and matches exact labels in each record’s topics array. The disputed 2014 account message is excluded. Topic labels were created for discovery from subjects, normalized source text and linked quotation categories; they are not human-authored abstracts.
When citing a statement, cite the linked original or archival record—not this guide’s count alone. Source rights remain with their respective holders; this page adds original organization, statistics and limited excerpts.