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Foundations · 1948–1950s

Information theory

Claude Shannon’s work formalized how information can be measured and transmitted, helping establish the mathematical foundations that later cryptography and digital communications built upon.

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Why it matters

Bitcoin did not emerge from nowhere; it rests on decades of advances in information theory, computing, and cryptography.

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  • Claude Shannon’s work formalized how information can be measured and transmitted, helping establish the mathematical foundations that later cryptography and digital communications built upon.

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A Mathematical Theory of Communication

Claude Shannon

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