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AVERAGE_GARY | 6 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +7 
 Gm.
Study cryptography.
Bitcoin didn't magically appear. It was a combination of many many projects before it. But understanding the pieces of the puzzle first enables you to put them together.
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Gzuuus | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 In fact, the specification for secp256k1 appears 1 year later (2010) that bitcoin, and bitcoin start to use it in 2009 👀 Those were really good students
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AVERAGE_GARY | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 🤔
Does that mean or imply anything?
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Gzuuus | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Just that satoshi know the specification before it was public 🤔
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zorbaR | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Gm
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tom | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Great advice
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tolot | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yep. Genesis Book by @Aaron van Wirdum blew my mind with regards to the cryptographic background and all the protagonists of the Bitcoin revolution. Brilliant story