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Re:Bitcoin's Academic Pedigree by decentralised on Thursday August 31, 2017 @03:58AM (#15138858)
That is known from the very beginning, Bitcoin is the culmination of years of research and prior work done in the fields of economy and cryptography.

What makes it special is that it was the first digital money that actually works.

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Re:Bitcoin's Academic Pedigree by bhaak on Thursday August 31, 2017 @12:41PM (#15141556)
You forgot an important word there that's also your username.

There were lots of digital money systems that worked but were centralized.

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Re:Bitcoin's Academic Pedigree by decentralised on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @11:48AM (#15176371)
:-)

All money systems are digital money systems. Source: 20 years in FinTech.

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