Robert Weaver

Bitcoin / Blockchains / Cryptocurrency / Money

Bitcoin’s History: 10 Key Milestones of Its Rise

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BITCOIN’S EARLY HISTORY

Bitcoin’s History is colourful, more colourful than some received wisdom might have it. Some Bitcoin proponents say ‘Bitcoin (the protocol) has never been hacked,’ but they are wrong. Bitcoin has been hacked. Here is a selection of events from historyofBitcoin.org120 and the Bitcoin Wiki121 with my personal comments about these events. The Genesis of Bitcoin:

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Bitcoin / Blockchains / Cryptocurrency / cryptography

8 Bitcoin Predecessors that Inspired the Development of Decentralized Digital Cash Revolution

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BITCOIN PREDECESSORS

Bitcoin predecessors played a crucial role in its creation, as most innovative inventions are not developed in isolation. Bitcoin’s inventors drew inspiration from previous experiences and combined various proven concepts in an unprecedented way to create new characteristics for decentralized digital cash. Here are some technologies and ideas that may have directly or indirectly influenced

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