Cypherpunks

If Bitcoin Had a First Draft, Wei Dai’s B-Money Was It

“Dai would become best known for an idea he casually announced in November 1998… ‘I hope this is a step toward making crypto-anarchy a practical as well as theoretical possibility.’ He called his proposal B-Money.” – Aaron Van Wirdum

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The Genesis Files: Hashcash or How Adam Back Designed Bitcoin’s Motor Block

“It was around this time — 1997, close to the [cypherpunk mailing] list’s peak popularity — that Back submitted his Hashcash proposal.” @AaronvanW @BitcoinMagazine

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Nick Szabo The Mysterious Blockchain Titan

Nick Szabo is undeniably one of the most influential thinkers and pioneers in the Cryptoconomy. Learn more of his history and his works in this article from unblock.net

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The Genesis Files: How David Chaum Spawned a Cypherpunk Dream

“Chaum’s work would inspire a group of cryptographers, hackers and activists, connected through a mailing list. It was this group — which included DigiCash contributors like Nick Szabo and Zooko Wilcox-O’Hearn — that would come to be known as the cypherpunks.”

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Bitcoin and the Rise of the Cypherpunks

Bitcoin’s ancestry comes from decades of cypherpunk principles and the work of dedicated and principled thinkers. Learn more from Jameson Lopp’s piece about the history and ideology of the Cypherpunks that made Bitcoin into reality.

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Bulletproofs, Faster Rangeproofs, and Much More

Cypherpunks write code. Learn what new innovations in cryptography are being built to power the future of cryptocurrency.

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