The End of Ordinary Money (Bitcoin described in 1995)

[Severian]

Prophetic 1995 article by J. Orlin Grabbe. I didn't see it posted here so sorry if it's a repeat. In the second link, he goes onto to describe something very similar to Bitcoin.

"I additionally believed that one of our best defenses against the national security state was the perennial proclivity of clandestine organizations to piss off their own employees."

The End of Ordinary Money, Part I

Electronic Cash the Way It Ought To Be

"Suppose we had it our way. Suppose we sat down to create digital cash that had all the right properties. What would these be?"

The End of Ordinary Money, Part II:
Money Laundering, Electronic Cash, and Cryptological Anonymity

[veteranBtc]

We were warned!..

[myrkul]

Also published in 1995:
The Diamond Age, by Neal Stephenson. It mentions in passing, almost a footnote, that cryptocurrency spelled the doom of the nation-state.

[molecular]

Also published in 1995:
The Diamond Age, by Neal Stephenson. It mentions in passing, almost a footnote, that cryptocurrency spelled the doom of the nation-state.

really? I have to re-read that book. It's been too long.

[Severian]

Also published in 1995:
The Diamond Age, by Neal Stephenson.

Love that book. "Distributed republic" was his idea in Snowcrash (1992) also.

[Raoul Duke]

We They were warned!..

FTFY