Satoshi introduces Bitcoin beyond the cryptography list, on the P2P Foundation forum.
I've developed a new open source P2P e-cash system called Bitcoin. It's completely decentralized, with no central server or trusted parties, because everything is based on crypto proof instead of trust.
Satoshi Nakamoto · February 11, 2009, 10:27:00 PM UTC
Governments are good at cutting off the heads of a centrally controlled networks like Napster, but pure P2P networks like Gnutella and Tor seem to be holding their own.