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Climbing out of the rabbit hole
docs.google.comEngineer Paul Baran made a number of breakthroughs that are relevant to the public, decentralized technologies to this day, including “message blocks” (a component in blockchain technology) and advocacy for private digital networks via cryptography.
Friends with Benefits (FWB) • A Political History of DAOs
Ben Horowitz explains the rise of crypto
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In 2009, Cypherpunk Hal Finney became the first person to transact Bitcoin as well as the first maintainer of the Bitcoin software code base.
Friends with Benefits (FWB) • A Political History of DAOs
Adam Blumberg on LinkedIn: The Bitcoin Gift Recently a close friend's daughter had her Bat Mitzvah…
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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
In April, Alex Masmej, a Parisian founder, “tokenized himself” via $ALEX and raised $20K from 30 investors.