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Episode 89: B-money and RPOW

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In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors discuss two more electronic cash projects that predate Bitcoin: Wei Dai’s b-money and Hal Finney’s RPOW. As detailed in Aaron’s new book, The Genesis Book, these systems introduced design elements that were later utilized by Satoshi Nakamoto. Aaron and Sjors explain what these elements are, and how the inspired Bitcoin’s design.

To buy Aaron’s new book, visit www.thegenesisbook.com.

Mentioned:

B-money (archive link): https://web.archive.org/web/20050211031649/http://www.eskimo.com/~weidai/bmoney.txt

RPOW (archive link): https://nakamotoinstitute.org/finney/rpow/index.html

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This episode’s sponsor: ⁠CoinKite⁠, maker of the ColdCard

Aaron's Twitter: ⁠@AaronvanW⁠

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Sjors’ Twitter: ⁠@provoost⁠

Sjors’ Nostr: npub1s6z7hmmx2vud66f3utxd70qem8cwtggx0jgc7gh8pqwz2k8cltuqrdwk4c

If you’d like to sponsor the show, please email info at bitcoinexplainedpodcast.com

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In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors discuss two more electronic cash projects that predate Bitcoin: Wei Dai’s b-money and Hal Finney’s RPOW. As detailed in Aaron’s new book, The Genesis Book, these systems introduced design elements that were later utilized by Satoshi Nakamoto. Aaron and Sjors explain what these elements are, and how the inspired Bitcoin’s design.

To buy Aaron’s new book, visit www.thegenesisbook.com.

Mentioned:

B-money (archive link): https://web.archive.org/web/20050211031649/http://www.eskimo.com/~weidai/bmoney.txt

RPOW (archive link): https://nakamotoinstitute.org/finney/rpow/index.html

===

This episode’s sponsor: ⁠CoinKite⁠, maker of the ColdCard

Aaron's Twitter: ⁠@AaronvanW⁠

Aaron’s Nostr: npub1art8cs66ffvnqns5zs5qa9fwlctmusj5lj38j94lv0ulw0j54wjqhpm0w5

Sjors’ Twitter: ⁠@provoost⁠

Sjors’ Nostr: npub1s6z7hmmx2vud66f3utxd70qem8cwtggx0jgc7gh8pqwz2k8cltuqrdwk4c

If you’d like to sponsor the show, please email info at bitcoinexplainedpodcast.com

⁠https://bitcoinexplainedpodcast.com/

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