Amsterdam is where pre-Bitcoin digital cash was invented and where its most consequential developer was imprisoned
APR 25 1989 · 12:00
Video: How Did Crypto Begin? Crypto Currency History From 1983 To Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire" Amsterdam is where pre-Bitcoin digital cash was invented and where its most consequential developer was imprisoned David Chaum founded DigiCash here in 1989; Alexey Pertsev was arrested here in 2022. The Dutch arc is the longest in the archive. [Source: cyberpunkoracle.com]
Source: cyberpunkoracle.com
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