I'm looking for a decade(s)-old article about cryptography that anticipated BTC

[RangerK]

I'm putting together a presentation about bitcoins for a conference and I wanted to cite this article.  I remember reading it and though I had saved it, but I can't find it.  Maybe someone can help.

The article was written in the 80s or 90s.  Perhaps even in the early 2000s.  It was a discussion of crypto.  The author, who is now deceased, claimed to have sources in the NSA who knew crypto would eventually defeat them and even be incorporated into a currency.

The only other thing I remember is that the article was pretty long.

Any ideas?

thanks!

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[seafarer124]

Is the link below of any help?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon

[mcdett]

this --> http://realcurrencies.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/is-the-national-security-agency-behind-bitcoin/

brings you to this --> http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/money/nsamint/nsamint.htm

People think my tinfoil hat is on too tight, but I've always suspected something bigger behind bitcoin.

Where are you presenting?

[RangerK]

this --> http://realcurrencies.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/is-the-national-security-agency-behind-bitcoin/

brings you to this --> http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/money/nsamint/nsamint.htm

People think my tinfoil hat is on too tight, but I've always suspected something bigger behind bitcoin.

Where are you presenting?

Hmmm.  Not sure if that's it, but it'll do.  I'm slotted for an informal presentation at the Property and Freedom Society Conference.  The audience will be more economists and libertarians than techies.

ps -- My guess is that the NSA is NOT behind bitcoin.  They've simply had the best cryptographers money could buy for decades, and those guys recognized the potential.

[TippingPoint]

"Electronic Payment Systems for E-Commerce" by Michael A. Peirce, Hitesh Tewari, and Donal O'Mahony predated Bitcoin.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/143729799/Electronic-Payment-Systems-for-E-Commerce

It describes:

Ecash
Project CAFE
NetCash
Mondex
EMV Cash Cards
Common Electronic Purse Specification CEPS
SmartAxis
Millicent
SubScrip
PayWord
iKP
PayTree
MicroMint
Jalda
NewGenPay/IBM Micropayments

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