Who predicted Bitcoin?

[dearbesz1219]

Nobody predicts Bitcoin.  Its just came to our generation because  of high technologies that has been created by mankind.  That's the only thing I know.

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[Maesters1-]

i dont think so that any one has predicted bitocin before it was lounched. i think these are the false news about bitcoin spreading by people just to devalue it

[marcus_of_augustus]

Neal Stephenson, read Cryptonomicon.

[Enjorlas]

The Sci-Fi anime Cowboy Bebop had a digital currency unit called "Woolong".

[X-ray]

The Sci-Fi anime Cowboy Bebop had a digital currency unit called "Woolong".

damn I guess that's a near guess but they didn't guess the name. Do that woolong thingy use blockchain too if it is then their prediction came nearer than what I think it is.

well not that near,woolong have physical form
The Woolong (symbol: ₩) is the standard unit of currency in the Cowboy Bebop universe. Woolongs are rarely traded in physical form such as in banknotes and coins; it seems that the 2071 economy is based on digital cash.
no specific details about how the system work but it's digital cash

[anzel2002]

 Rai stones of the Micronesian islands

[MoonShadow]

Neal Stephenson, read Cryptonomicon.

Yes, Neal almost nailed it in Cryptonomicon, but his version was closer to eGold since it was a digital warehousing recepit, and his "distributed ownership verification" system was vague.  Wasn't the digital money in Snow Crash & The Diamond Age closer?  I can't remember now.  Great fiction, though.

[groll]

Did anybody predict a bitcoin type system before it was technologically possible?

And similarly, does anybody now have any idea of how a currency could be more pure then bitcoin if only we had the technology?


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Episode 1 The Bitcoin Simpsons: The Simpsons climb Mt Gox (7:07)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duoyacLJpKI  or  http://vimeo.com/24718978

Who predicted bitcoins? Nobody I guess. But if there is someone who predicted it, it is the creator itself Satoshi Nakamoto. I believe that he has predicted that bitcoins will revolutionize the future of currency and he has this vision that inspire him to create such a currency online. And that gave birth to bitcoin then it was copied then gave birth to cryptocurrency economy.