History

The Three Economic Eras of Bitcoin

“The Third Era will start with civil war” -Rusty Russell

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Fat Protocols Aren’t New: What Blockchain Can Learn from P2P File Sharing

“People have speculated on what a future with fat protocols will look like. File sharing protocols aren’t exactly the same, but they have a lot of similarities we can learn from.” @backus

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Visions of Bitcoin

Many different and often conflicting ideas of what Bitcoin is, and what it’s future should be, have emerged throughout the years. Here @nic_carter‘s and @hasufl‘s exploration of past, present, and future narratives that molded Bitcoin into what it is today.

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With Bit Gold, Nick Szabo Was Inches From Inventing Bitcoin

The 4th in the excellent Genesis Files Series from Aaron Van Wirdum (@AaronvanW) and Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine). Today we read about BitGold and How Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4) was “Inches From Inventing Bitcoin.”

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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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Giacomo’s Tweetstorm, Coinage in the Age of Bitcoin

“So, what people call “SPV” today, is actually the practice of trusting the hashrate majority not JUST to prevent doublespending, but to properly verify and enforce Bitcoin rules.” @giacomozucco

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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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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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