The Disciples

Colin L. Read ()
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Colin L. Read: SUNY Plattsburgh

Chapter Chapter 3 in The Bitcoin Dilemma, 2022, pp 19-27 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The pioneers of cryptocurrency share a number of interests and attributes. A good measure of the culture shared among these early pioneers can be characterized by Marshall McLuhan’s famous statement McLuhan, Marshallthat “the medium is the message.” We shall even see that Satoshi included in bitcoin’s first blockNakamoto, SatoshiNakamoto, Hatoshi, known as the Genesis BlockGenesis Block, a statement that taunted the Bank of EnglandBank of England. In doing so, Satoshi made a declaration to all those who will follow the coin.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-09138-4_3

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