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- The white paper was uploaded before November 1, as promised.

- The next milestone: the UIGEA Final Rule was published in the **Federal Register** on November 18, 2008.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/11/18/E8-27181/prohibition-on-funding-of-unlawful-internet-gambling

- By the time the UIGEA Final Rule was published in the **Federal Register**, Satoshi had already sent the early code to a few interested parties for review a few days earlier, thereby proving that Bitcoin was ready for launch.