Very interesting article by Gwern Branwen about Bitcoin, written in 2011 but later edited by removing some references to Nick Szabo.

This is the original, enjoy.

https://web.archive.org/web/20110714104356/http://bitcoinweekly.com:80/articles/bitcoin-is-worse-is-better

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Why were the Szabo references reomoved?

Nice. I personally love the fact that the way bitcoin works is optimized for economical network effects.

Hash cash! I *knew* I'd mIned something SHA256 in the 1999ish era.