History of ideas behind a bitcoin protocol

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Could you outline the logical sequence of main ideas (concepts) that contributed to the evolution of the bitcoin protocol from the beginning to now?

xralf

Posted 2018-06-26T20:05:41.617

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Question was closed 2018-07-03T08:07:01.273

You may try to explore Bitcoin-Core versions history – D L – 2018-06-27T10:14:26.030

Should we start with the Caesar cipher and the conch shell? This question is too broad. – RedGrittyBrick – 2018-06-27T15:22:25.987

@RedGrittyBrick I learned Ceasar cipher in school :-) .Note the words "outline" and "main" in the question. These words should keep the answer narrower. – xralf – 2018-06-29T15:17:15.737

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Bitcoin is roughly defined by the 2009 whitepaper. Long before, the idea of a trustless cryptographic money was discussed by Wei Dai; however, Wei Dai couldn't solve the double spend problem, which delayed the creation of magic crypto money until 2008 (yes, the Satoshi client was created before the whitepaper)

Inspired by: WeUseCoins.com

MCCCS

Posted 2018-06-26T20:05:41.617

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Which old version? https://web.archive.org/web/20180512222930/https://www.weusecoins.com/de/

– Willtech – 2018-06-29T11:41:24.587

@Willtech I have updated the link. – MCCCS – 2018-06-29T12:53:17.067

I accepted this answer with references and hope I can take notes from that and ask more narrower question later. Thanks a lot. – xralf – 2018-06-29T15:20:43.063

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