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I'd search the social graph around Julian Assange and Wikileaks. Bitcoin came out shortly after they were blockaded. Wikileaks then waited a year or so after Bi
by sneakin 14y ago
I'd search the social graph around Julian Assange and Wikileaks. Bitcoin came out shortly after they were blockaded. Wikileaks then waited a year or so after Bitcoin was released to start using it. There's also a nexus of cypherpunks around them with the skills and knowledge.
- marshray 14y agoBitcoin was out almost two years before the Wikileaks blockade: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoind#History_of_official_bitcoind_.28and_predecessor.29_releases https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoind#History_of_official_bitc... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikileaks#U.S._diplomatic_cables_leak_responses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikileaks#U.S._diplomatic_cabl... Sure, it was probably someone who exchanged messages with some cypherpunks at some point. Since that includes most of the skilled crypto implementers I know, it doesn't narrow it down much.