"When Satoshi announced Bitcoin on the cryptography mailing list, he got a skeptical reception at best. Cryptographers have seen too many grand schemes by clueless noobs. I was more positive. I had long been interested in cryptographic payment schemes."
- Hal Finney
Source: Bitcoin and Me (March 19, 2013)
https://nakamotoinstitute.org/library/bitcoin-and-me/
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Everyone else saw spam. He saw the future. 🔮