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Wei Dai
Proposed b-money, cited in the Bitcoin white paper.
Known as Wei DaiActive Nov 1998 →
Why they matter
b-money is reference [1] in the Bitcoin white paper. Its model of a money supply created by solving computational problems, recorded by a network of bookkeepers, is a recognizable ancestor of Bitcoin's design.
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Cryptographer who in 1998 proposed b-money, a scheme for anonymous, distributed electronic cash in which all participants maintain a collective ledger and are rewarded for computational work. Satoshi emailed Wei Dai before publishing the white paper.