"New Directions in Cryptography.” In 1976, cryptographers Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman published a paper that outlined the concept of public-key cryptography, which Bitcoin later used to specify ownership.
A separate paper laid out "hashing" (Merkele?) which became basis for "hashrate" as a measure of "energy required to hack".
Yeah I was thinking you would try to conflate crypto algorithms with Bitcoin.
Various crypto algorithms, including public-key cryptography and various kinds of hashing etc, are mathematical building blocks that have million uses other than Bitcoin.
Think of it this way. White house was built with bricks. Bricks were invented a 1000 years ago. This logic is similar to asserting "So 1000 years ago they already wanted to create an American Republic, but were thwarted"
"New Directions in Cryptography.” In 1976, cryptographers Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman published a paper that outlined the concept of public-key cryptography, which Bitcoin later used to specify ownership.
A separate paper laid out "hashing" (Merkele?) which became basis for "hashrate" as a measure of "energy required to hack".
Discussion: https://www.digitalfamilyoffice.io/how-70s-cryptography-became-the-foundation-of-bitcoin/
PDF of paper [12 pages]: http://staff.ustc.edu.cn/~syang/docs/DiffieHellman.pdf
Takeaway:
Yeah I was thinking you would try to conflate crypto algorithms with Bitcoin.
Various crypto algorithms, including public-key cryptography and various kinds of hashing etc, are mathematical building blocks that have million uses other than Bitcoin.
Think of it this way. White house was built with bricks. Bricks were invented a 1000 years ago. This logic is similar to asserting "So 1000 years ago they already wanted to create an American Republic, but were thwarted"