RT Brian Cohen (@inthepixels)Nick Szabo’s @NickSzabo4 blog post on Bit Gold (https://t.co/qMplAcMQCf) is widely recognized as a foundational precursor to Bitcoin, introducing key concepts like decentralized digital currency, proof-of-work, and timestamped ledgers. Its influence is well-documented in crypto circles, with Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, likely drawing inspiration from Bit Gold’s architecture, as evidenced by similarities in their mechanisms for achieving trustless, scarce di ...

Cryptocurrency & Blockchain - Nick Szabo, creator of Bit Gold and influential figure in cryptography, is now active on X [1] - Szabo's work is considered a direct precursor to the Bitcoin architecture [1]