Before Bitcoin Pt.2—80s “The Origins of Decentralisation”

In 2008, a group of developers released a whitepaper on the Cryptographers Mailing List.

A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution. Digital signatures provide part of the solution, but the main benefits are lost if a trusted third party is still required to prevent double-spending. We propose a solution to the ... See more