Gratitude to Satoshi Nakamoto for providing this Bitcoin Whitepaper free to the world:
Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
Note: Satoshi Nakamoto is the name used by the presumed person (or persons) who wrote the code and developed Bitcoin, authoring its Whitepaper disseminated to the world.
The identity of Satoshi Nakamoto is still unknown since the August 18, 2008 registration of the domain name and website creation: Bitcoin.org
Downloadable 9-page PDF of the original paper available for student study: bitcoin