Pre-Bitcoin · 1990s
DigiCash and eCash
DigiCash commercialized Chaumian digital cash, proving that cryptographic money could work technically even though the company itself did not become a lasting monetary network.
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Why it matters
Bitcoin inherited the goal of native digital cash while removing the need for a central mint.
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What California Bitcoin maintains
- DigiCash commercialized Chaumian digital cash, proving that cryptographic money could work technically even though the company itself did not become a lasting monetary network.
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