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A comment on Bitcoin's Academic Pedigree. Parent comment

Re:Bitcoin's Academic Pedigree by colordrops on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @03:23PM (#15135109)
Isn't everything built in top of previous work?
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Re:Bitcoin's Academic Pedigree by wmf on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @03:30PM (#15135179)
Many people don't know this. Bitcoin in particular is often portrayed as coming out of nowhere.
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Re:Bitcoin's Academic Pedigree by colordrops on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @03:51PM (#15135367)
What I'm saying is that nothing comes out of nowhere, and plenty of things are portrayed as coming out of nowhere. Bitcoin isn't anything special. I believe all the hate it receives is simply because all of the extra attention it gets and the unsavory people that surround it, and not because it is any more or less of an achievement than anything else.
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Re:Bitcoin's Academic Pedigree by 2_listerine_pls on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @03:48PM (#15135337)
No
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Re:Bitcoin's Academic Pedigree by colordrops on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @03:51PM (#15135373)
Examples?
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Re:Bitcoin's Academic Pedigree by kobeya on Thursday August 31, 2017 @04:27AM (#15138969)
The very first idea ever.
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