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Nakamoto combined several prior inventions such as digital signatures and Hashcash to create a completely decentralized electronic cash system that does not rely on a central authority for currency issuance or settlement and validation of transactions. A key innovation was to use a distributed computation system (called a “proof-of-work” algorithm)
... See moreDavid A. Harding • Mastering Bitcoin
Bitcoin was first described in 2008 with the publication of a paper titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System,”1 written under the alias of Satoshi Nakamoto
David A. Harding • Mastering Bitcoin
The Cypherpunks used their mailing list to document various attempts at building an electronic coin network. This included “e-gold,” in 1996; an anti-spam proof-of-work algorithm called Hashcash by Adam Back; an anonymous proof-of-stake electronic cash network in 1998; and Bit Gold, a proof-of-work string of cryptographic hashes by Nick Szabo in 20... See more
Friends with Benefits (FWB) • A Political History of DAOs
This presented the idea of Bitcoin, a “peer-to-peer electronic cash” representing the first public, permissionless, cryptographically secure peer-to-peer protocol.