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dakami | 9 years ago

Everything before Bitcoin was really obsessed with anonymity, whereas Bitcoin was actually scared of centralization.

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rdl|9 years ago

Not everything (hashcash, some of Wei Dai's stuff, etc.) -- but I was more referring to how to do tests/proofs in mutually-distrustful environments, not the protocols themselves.

Bitcoin was exceptional in a lot of ways -- most importantly, getting traction! -- decentralization, the ramping up, etc.

dakami|9 years ago

I'm interested in more of your perspective here. I was around back in the Mojo Nation era as something of an observer, but there's lots maybe I didn't see.