Topic: First Cryptocurrency? - page 7. (Read 3271 times)
Have always thought bitcoin is the first digital currency. worthy of note is that bitcoin came with a superior technology, been run on the immutable blockchain technology, combining tech with economic value together with the decentralized peer-peer system.
Not Bitcoin?
Not Bitcoin?
Nope. Bitcoin is just the first one that actually became decently successful and actually gained recognition everywhere. Most people just haven't heard of the past attempts for a global currency just because they weren't successful.
Read this: https://www.investopedia.com/tech/were-there-cryptocurrencies-bitcoin/
What made bitcoin survive is that it is decentralized. There is no central point which can be attacked and shut down.
Past attempts to create a digital currency all failed because they were not decentralized and/or because they couldn't solve double spending.
Not Bitcoin?
Nope. Bitcoin is just the first one that actually became decently successful and actually gained recognition everywhere. Most people just haven't heard of the past attempts for a global currency just because they weren't successful.
Read this: https://www.investopedia.com/tech/were-there-cryptocurrencies-bitcoin/
What is the First Cryptocurrency(First digital money)?
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