rock’n’roll history of bitcoin, blockchain, and cryptocurrency
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Rock’n’roll history of Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency
EliasAhonen
FutureBlockchainSummitWorldTradeCentre,Dubai
17October2021
Public Key Cryptography- 1976
“Everycompany,everycitizennowhadroutineaccesstothesortsofcryptographictechnologythatnotmanyyearsagorankedalongsidetheatombombasasourceofpower.”
StevenLevy,1994TheCypherpunkmovementdevelopedamongprivacy-focusedprogrammersontheUSwestcoastinthemid-1980’s.Forthese“cryptoanarchists”,anonymousdigitalcashbecameanideologicalgoal.TheymadeseveralattemptsHashcash(AdamBack,1997),B-Money(WeiDai,1998)
TheCypherpunkmovementdevelopedamongprivacy-focusedprogrammersontheUSwestcoastinthemid-1980’s.Forthese“cryptoanarchists”,anonymousdigitalcashbecameanideologicalgoal.Theymadeseveralattempts:• Hashcash(AdamBack,1997)• B-Money(WeiDai,1998)• BitGold(NickSzabo,1998/2005)• Bitcoin(SatoshiNakamoto,2008)–realidentityunknown
“Havinganalyzedpre-civilizedsocieties,Szabofoundthatpeopleacrossculturestendedtocollectscarce,easy-to-carryobjects,of-tentomakejewelleryoutofthem.Itwastheseobjectsthatservedasmoney”
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