without fire.... no candles
but a caveman did not invent or contribute to candles
stop over selling someones involvement when they were not physically involved in bitcoins creation
adam back only heard about bitcoin after its creation.
remember.. inspiration is not the same as implementation
there is no hashcash code implemented in bitcoin.
remember inspiration is not invention or implementation
BUT, Hashcash IS also Proof of Work, and the function is fundamentally the same in that they require a verifiable proof that an amount of compute was done.
Satoshi cited Adam Back, and his invention in Hashcash, and Satoshi implemented Proof of Work based on Adam Back’s invention.
Thank you Adam Back, if your brilliant mind didn’t exist in our universe, Satoshi would currently be lost in looking for a solution for the Byzantine Generals Problem.
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incase you dont get your own words. let me rephrase your words
'NSA implemented bitcoin' is what you are trying to say
because atleast NSA code (crytography) is in bitcoin.. unlike hashcash
but we all know NSA didnt implement bitcoin.. (well apart from you)
even nick szabo does not acclaim himself as someone that implemented bitcoin.
Gaslighting again?