Bitcoin Pioneers
Nick Szabo quotes
Creator of Bit Gold, smart contract pioneer
Computer scientist and legal scholar who coined the term 'smart contract' in the 1990s and designed Bit Gold, a direct conceptual ancestor of Bitcoin.
3 epic quotes by Nick Szabo
“Trusted third parties are security holes.”
— Nick Szabo
“A smart contract is a set of promises, specified in digital form, including protocols within which the parties perform on these promises.”
— Nick Szabo
“Money is a protocol, not a thing.”
— Nick Szabo
Why Nick Szabo is quoted so often
Nick Szabo is one of the most cited voices in the digital asset industry. As creator of bit gold, smart contract pioneer, every public statement is read by traders, founders and regulators looking for signal, which is why these lines keep resurfacing years after they were first said.
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