Bitcoin did not emerge from a vacuum. We trace the decades of ideas that made it possible, and revisit the early days when it all came together.
Boost from the Web Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling⚡ Strike - Ultra-low fees, high trading limits, and easy loans.David Chaum demonstrates electronic cash at the first World Wide Web Conference (1994)David Chaum and Adam Back reflect on DigiCash, Hashcash, and the crypto warsAdam Back explains Hashcash and its original anti-spam purposeNick Szabo discusses cypherpunks, bit gold, and Bitcoin's predecessorsAdam Back: Hashcash — A Denial of Service Counter-MeasureWei Dai: b-moneyNick Szabo: Bit goldHal Finney: Reusable Proofs of WorkSatoshi's correspondence with Adam Back and Wei DaiSatoshi Nakamoto: Bitcoin — A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash SystemBETA | Plan B 1Just Getting Started | Plan B 2Flight of the Butterfly | Plan B 3Inside BitVegas | Plan B 4To Mine or Not to Mine? | Plan B 5Spending Your Coins | Plan B 6Amir Taaki and Bitcoin 2013 Wrap-Up | Plan B 7Then They Fight You | Plan B 8Bitcoin Will Disrupt Big Media | Plan B 990 Days or Bust | Plan B 10Be Your Own Bitcoin Exchange | Plan B 11Bitcoin vs. the Banks | Plan B 12Blame It on Mt. Gox | Plan B 13Winklevoss Woes | Plan B 14Bitcoin Must Comply | Plan B 15