The 4th in the excellent Genesis Files Series from Aaron Van Wirdum (@AaronvanW) and Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine). Today we read about BitGold and How Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4) was "Inches From Inventing Bitcoin."
Check out the full article, the previous of the Genesis Files series, and other excellent work from Aaron Van Wirdum and the crew at Bitcoin Magazine:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/genesis-files-bit-gold-szabo-was-inches-away-inventing-bitcoin/
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