

Episode 89: B-money and RPOW
Jan 22, 2024
The hosts discuss early electronic cash proposals, including B-Money and Arpow, and their influence on Bitcoin's design. They explore the challenges of preventing double spending, decentralized networks, and stable purchasing power. They also cover concepts like invalidation, issuance, remote attestation, and running the same software on multiple computers.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
B-Money: An Early Idea for Digital Cash
02:45 • 21min
The Proposal of Arpow and its Centralized Implementation
23:40 • 2min
Invalidation, Issuance, and Checking Supply
25:55 • 4min
Remote Attestation and Trust in Public Key Cryptography
30:09 • 4min
Running Same Software on Multiple Computers
33:43 • 4min