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Most people think crypto started with Satoshi. It didn’t. Before Bitcoin, there was B-money. In 1998, @weidai11 proposed an untraceable payments, total anonymity, a shared ledger, proof of work to mint cash, broadcast txs, signatures, and contracts that don’t need a
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AI visual note: An Investopedia article titled "B-Money: An Early Digital Currency Proposal" by Nathan Reiff, reviewed by Erika Rasure, dated March 1, 2026, highlights B-money as a decentralized digital currency concept conceived by Wei Dai in 1998. The screenshot supports the post's point that cryptocurrency concepts predate Bitcoin, showcasing Investopedia's documentation of Wei Dai's pioneering 1998 proposal.