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Satoshi Nakamoto's first visionfor Bitcoin was just this - pay-to-send email.
by speerer 2y ago
Satoshi Nakamoto's first visionfor Bitcoin was just this - pay-to-send email.
- petesergeant 2y ago90% sure this was also an idea in Bill Gates’ “The Road Ahead”
- wcoenen 2y agoI think you're thinking of Hashcash? Not invented by Satoshi, and not pay-to-send exactly. It's proof-of-work for email. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashcash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashcash
- speerer 2y agoI'm certain Satoshi was thinking of Hashcash! But I did mean what I said, though it wasn't until Martti Malmi released his emails with Satoshi that I knew this, and so might not be well known: https://mmalmi.github.io/satoshi/ https://mmalmi.github.io/satoshi/ > "[this next bit turned out to be very controversial. there is extreme prejudice against spam solutions, especially proof-of-work.] > It can already be used for pay-to-send e-mail. The send dialog is resizeable and you can enter as long of a message as you like. It's sent directly when it connects. The recipient doubleclicks on the transaction to see the full message. If someone famous is getting more e-mail than they can read, but would still like to have a way for fans to contact them, they could set up Bitcoin and give out the IP address on their website. "Send X bitcoins to my priority hotline at this IP and I'll read the message personally."