> All of this was years before Bitcoin, not to mention Ethereum
Cypherpunks were working on this since the 90s (or even 80s). There was a very active mailing list way back then with experiments and a lot of discussions. Bitcoin was revolutionary but it was built on top of a lot of existing work.
Cypherpunks were working on this since the 90s (or even 80s). There was a very active mailing list way back then with experiments and a lot of discussions. Bitcoin was revolutionary but it was built on top of a lot of existing work.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency#History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypherpunk