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Cryptocurrency: A brief history
Cryptocurrency: A brief history
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May 18, 2021
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Cryptocurrency: A brief history
In 1983, David Chaum developed a cryptographic system called eCash. In 1995, he developed another system called DigiCash, this time using cryptography to make economic transactions confidential. In 1998, Wei Dei took the crypto-movement a step further when he published his paper “b-money, an anonymous, distributed electronic cash system,” in which he outlined “.…a scheme for a group of untraceable digital pseudonyms to pay each other with money and to enforce contracts amongst themselves without outside help.” Decentralization was the key feature of this proposed “cryptocurrency.”
In 2008, the financial crash created the perfect economic situation for developers to illustrate the need for cryptocurrency. Enter Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency invented by Satoshi Nakamoto. Nakomoto was heavily influenced by Dai and referred to “b-money” in his white paper for Bitcoin. He also worked with Adam Back, now CEO of the blockchain technology company Blockstream and the inventor of the proof of work system “HashCash,” which is now used in the Bitcoin mining process. The currency began use on January 3, 2009 when its implementation was released as open source softw
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