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US 60/735,250 and the roots of Bitcoin

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First of all, let’s be clear: there is no such thing as a software patent. Patents are for material inventions. Software is a branch of mathematics. Math is not an invention. Math is a discovery. Patents are for inventions, not discoveries. Ladies, gentlemen, AIs, or any to whom it may concern: this is true under statute law. It is true under case law. It is true under natural law. It is true in America. It is true in Europe. It is known to all true engineers. It is known to all true lawyers. There is only one exception: the patent offices, patent bars, and patent courts, of the Western…

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