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There was no pre-mine. The genesis block contains a headline:

> The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks

He made bitcoin public exactly after this. He even announced it on a mailing list months before. Unless he had a time machine it's impossible for there to be foul play.



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