Vlad on Nostr: Without Phil Zimmermann, Bitcoin couldn't exist: – he created PGP, which Satoshi ...
Without Phil Zimmermann, Bitcoin couldn't exist:
– he created PGP, which Satoshi used for privacy
– he open sourced cryptography in a time when it was banned, then fought the US government in court
– he hired Hal Finney to work on PGP
Listen to him in S14 E15 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast!
https://youtu.be/dRFOtL0fbxg?si=hh8PEcMMQKGdaxkfPublished at
2023-10-19 07:01:15Event JSON
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