📖 Bitcoin History — Nick Szabo and Bit Gold In 1998, Nick Szabo proposed "Bit Gold" — a decentralized digital currency where participants would solve computational puzzles, and the solutions would be cryptographically chained together. Sound familiar? Bit Gold was never implemented, but it's the closest conceptual precursor to Bitcoin ever written. Szabo also coined the term "smart contracts" in 1994. Many believe Nick Szabo is Satoshi Nakamoto. The writing styles, timing, and ideas align suspiciously well. Szabo has denied it. The mystery remains. #Bitcoin #Nostr #Cypherpunk