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#476: The Story Of The People And Projects That Inspired Bitcoin with Aaron van Wirdum

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

CHAPTER

The Importance of Hash Cash in the Journey Towards Bitcoin

This chapter explores the significance of hash cash in the development of Bitcoin. It discusses how hash cash was initially created to combat spam emails and introduced the concept of digital scarcity. It also mentions other digital cash projects like Bit Gold and B Money that used the same proof of work concept but encountered fundamental issues.

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