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Re:The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS by slim on Thursday April 06, 2023 @03:25AM (#35465347)
wtf, I remember using bitcoin back 1999, and now wikipedia says it began in 2009
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Re:The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS by darrenf on Thursday April 06, 2023 @05:08AM (#35466025)
I mean, it's not just wikipedia - the genesis block itself contained a news headline from 2009. So whatever it is you remember, it is not using bitcoin in 1999.

> The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Genesis_block

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Re:The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS by aidenn0 on Thursday April 06, 2023 @10:22AM (#35468658)
"Digital Cash" was a big buzzword prior to the dot-com crash, but Bitcoin was definitely started later.
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Re:The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS by jollyllama on Thursday April 06, 2023 @01:03PM (#35471256)
Might be egold or ecash
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