Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Bitcoin did not emerge from a vacuum. We trace the decades of ideas that made it possible, and revisit the early days when it all came together.

Chapters:
00:00:00 115: Before Satoshi
00:00:23 Bitcoin’s Roots Explored
00:01:30 Chaum’s Blind Signatures
00:04:44 DigiCash’s Rise and Fall
00:06:31 Cypherpunks and Hashcash
00:09:22 B-Money and BitGold
00:12:28 Reusable Proofs of Work
00:13:55 Satoshi’s Design Breakthrough
00:16:44 Early Bitcoin Memories
00:17:48 Bitcoin Goes Mainstream
00:22:15 Monetizing Podcasts with Bitcoin
00:25:48 Mt. Gox Fallout
00:28:57 Government Control Myths