I just watched an interview on usawatchdog with Lynette Zang. And she mentioned something that I "have been waiting to hear" about crypto currencies.
https://usawatchdog.com/ultimately-t...lynnette-zang/
You know I am sceptical about this. That I believe it's a way to get everyone into digital money.
Listen to what she says at 10:50.
She came across the 1996 NSA whitepaper on crypto currencies; and a year later, there was a peer review on smart contracts.
Looking back even further, The Economist had an article which is mentioned on armstrongeconomics webpage, among other places.
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/i...orld-currency/
A link where the whitepaper is discussed
https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/nsa-bitcoin-1996/
And here is a link to the whitepaper I believe. I haven't read it yet but it looks genuine at first glance.
http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/clas...nt/nsamint.htm
Disclaimer, yes I am biased against any complete move away from cash, even if it is fiat money
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