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In plain words
Wei Dai: Computer engineer, author of b-money, reference [1] of the whitepaper. Described b-money in 1998: money created by solving computational problems and kept on pseudonymous accounts. Satoshi wrote that Bitcoin “expands on your ideas into a complete working system”.
Background
- University of Washington
- Crypto++ cryptography library (author)
- Crypto-anarchy, pseudonymous money and contract enforcement (b-money)
Connections
- Satoshi Nakamoto: Satoshi emailed him on 22 Aug 2008 to cite b-money
- Timothy C. May: b-money opens with Tim May's crypto-anarchy
- Hal Finney: Hal Finney wrote that he corresponded with him extensively
In their own words
“I am fascinated by Tim May's crypto-anarchy.” (1998, via personal website)
“Also available there is a description of b-money, a new protocol for monetary exchange and contract enforcement for pseudonyms.” (27 Nov 1998, via cypherpunks mailing list)
From the Bitcoin Museum
Satoshi writes to Wei Dai (22 Aug 2008): Following Adam Back's pointer, Satoshi asks Wei Dai for the year of b-money to cite it. Wei Dai later published the emails.
See also
- Satoshi NakamotoSatoshi Nakamoto: Creator of Bitcoin (pseudonym), active 2008–2011. Wrote the Bitcoin whitepaper (31 Oct 2008), mined the genesis block and released Bitcoin v0.1 (8 Jan 2009). Handed the project to other developers in December 2010 and stopped writing in April 2011.
- Timothy C. MayTimothy C. May: Writer and Intel scientist; founder of crypto-anarchism, co-founder of the cypherpunks. Wrote The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto in 1988 and co-founded the cypherpunks mailing list in 1992 with Eric Hughes and John Gilmore. Wei Dai's b-money opens with his name.
- Hal FinneyHal Finney: Cryptographer, first person besides Satoshi to run Bitcoin, recipient of the first transaction. Cypherpunk and PGP developer who built RPOW, his own proof-of-work currency. He ran Bitcoin from day one and received 10 BTC from Satoshi in block 170.
References
- weidai.com weidai.com
- b-money (1998) weidai.com
- mailing-list-archive.cryptoanarchy.wiki mailing-list-archive.cryptoanarchy.wiki
- gwern.net gwern.net
- bitcointalk.org bitcointalk.org
- judiciary.uk judiciary.uk