SMTP, or Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, debuted in 1981.

At first, email was a luxury, accessible only to those tech-savvy enough to set up their own SMTP server.

It wasn’t until major email providers like AOL emerged in the early 1990s that email became widely accessible, simplifying the process of obtaining an online identity—essentially an email address—for sending and receiving information over the internet.

Currently, Bitcoin, the internet's protocol for money, mirrors email’s early days, primarily serving tech-savvy users.

Today, IBI (ibi.me) streamlines the process, providing an internet identity for sending and receiving value via #Bitcoin. Just as AOL brought millions to the internet through email, IBI aims to make Bitcoin accessible to the masses.

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