The advent of blockchain marks a technological turning point, but its history has surprisingly deep roots. The article reconstructs it starting from 1991, when researchers Stuart Haber and W. Scott Stornetta developed a method to make digital records tamper-proof, up to the patent that went unnoticed and expired in 2004.
The decisive moment comes in 2008, when under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin is presented: a digital currency based on an innovative technology — blockchain — with the goal of creating a peer-to-peer payment system. An origin story showing how this technology is far older than the hype surrounding it. In the full PDF: the history of blockchain from its origins to Bitcoin.
Originally published in Il Giornale dell'Ingegnere (CNI), 1 January 2024.
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