Bitcoin and blockchain
Bitcoin y la cadena de bloques
- Date
- 2008-2009 · confidence high
- Place
- Unknown (published online under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto)
- Credited to
- Satoshi Nakamoto (pseudonym); genesis block on 3 January 2009
- People
- 👤 Dorian Nakamoto1949–
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What it is
Peer-to-peer electronic cash with no central bank, based on a public, replicated ledger secured by proof of work. It was the first practical solution to double-spending without a central authority.
Nakamoto's identity remains unknown; the ideas have been attributed to Wei Dai, Nick Szabo, Hal Finney and Adam Back. No reliable location.
What it led to
- Cryptocurrencies, decentralised finance and mass speculation
- Central bank digital currencies as a response
- The energy consumption of mining and demand for GPUs and ASICs
Built on
Made possible
- Ethereum and smart contracts2015
- NFT
- central bank digital currencies