Key facts: Nick Szabo
In 1998, Nick Szabo designed a decentralized digital currency scheme called “bit gold,” but it was never actually implemented.
Nick Szabo earned his undergraduate degree in computer science from the University of Washington, and later received a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from George Washington University.
The names of older-generation cryptographers are often used for hype, and tokens issued in their names often have nothing to do with them.
Ethereum, at $ETH , brought the concept of smart contracts into widespread practice.
In 1998, Nick Szabo designed a decentralized digital currency scheme called “bit gold,” but it was never actually implemented.
Nick Szabo earned his undergraduate degree in computer science from the University of Washington, and later received a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from George Washington University.
The names of older-generation cryptographers are often used for hype, and tokens issued in their names often have nothing to do with them.
Ethereum, at $ETH , brought the concept of smart contracts into widespread practice.