In a recent article, we discussed how crypto-anarchy came to be and crypto-anarchists’ role in championing electronic money. Here, we’ll delve into how electronic money evolved into Bitcoin. Electronic Money and Cryptocurrency are NOT the same First, a clarification: “Electronic money,” also called web-based money, was early crypto-anarchists’ go-to term, but these days it refers […]
The Beginnings of Crypto-Anarchy and How That Led to Bitcoin
Part 1 of a 2-part series If we’re going to get into the nitty-gritty start of crypto-anarchy and cryptocurrency–and we are–let’s begin at the absolute beginning: with the word “anarchy” and its origins. “Anarchy” was first used in the early 16th century and meant, according to Merriam-Webster: the “‘absence of government,’ albeit with the implication […]