
The Number Zero and Bitcoin | Episode 1 | (WiM302)
The "What is Money?" Show
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The Origins of Zero in Mathematics
The first explicit and arithmetic use of zero came from ancient Indian and Cambodian cultures. They created a system with nine number symbols, and a small dot used to mark the absence of a number. This numeral system would eventually evolve into the one we use today.
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