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The Number Zero and Bitcoin | Episode 1 | (WiM302)
The "What is Money?" Show
The Evolution of Numerical Systems
When zero reached to Europe roughly 300 years later in the high Middle Ages, it was met with strong ideological resistance. Facing opposition from users of the well established Roman numeral system, zero struggled to gain ground in Europe. People at the time were able to get by without zero, but little did they know that performing computation without zero was horribly inefficient. Calculation performed using the Hindu Arabic system is significantly more straightforward than with Roman numerals. And energy efficient systems have a tendency to win out in the long run.
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