Pre-Bitcoin · 1998–2005
Bit Gold
Nick Szabo’s Bit Gold proposal described costly digital objects created through proof of work and linked records, anticipating several ideas later found in Bitcoin.
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Bit Gold is one of Bitcoin’s clearest conceptual predecessors.
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What California Bitcoin maintains
- Nick Szabo’s Bit Gold proposal described costly digital objects created through proof of work and linked records, anticipating several ideas later found in Bitcoin.
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