There is a distinct cypherpunk lineage that we can trace through Chaum and down to Satoshi and beyond. Ref eg: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1810.06130.pdf https://arx

There is a distinct cypherpunk lineage that we can trace through Chaum and down to Satoshi and beyond. Ref eg: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1810.06130.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1810.06130.pdf Chaum didn't invent p2p blockchains but his systems did have ledgers and stuff like anonymous payments between nyms. Yes, the goal of DigiCash was that it would have occupied a similar place to Paypal (the goal of most early e-cash systems!) but the underlying technology was very different and a lot closer to what bitcoin became.