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Computer scientist and crypto expert Nick Szabo is not only an important researcher in the field of cryptocurrencies<\/a> and smart contracts<\/a>. Szabo, who was already researching the basics of digital currencies in the late 1990s, has also been repeatedly traded as a possible Bitcoin inventor in the past. <\/p>\n

Nick Szabo: Bit Gold and Smart Contracts<\/h2>\n

In 1998, Szabo had already published an initial draft called \u201cBit Gold\u201d, although he never implemented this protocol. Meanwhile, Szabo himself developed the concept of Smart Contracts, on which, for example, Ethereum<\/a> was very strongly based. Among others, Elon Musk also thinks that Nick Szabo is the inventor of Bitcoin. However, Szabo himself has not confirmed this, which is why the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto<\/a> is still unclear. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Computer scientist and crypto expert Nick Szabo is not only an important researcher in the field of cryptocurrencies and smart contracts. 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