Bitcoin Pioneers
Wei Dai quotes
Creator of b-money
Cryptographer whose 1998 b-money proposal described an anonymous, distributed electronic cash system; the smallest unit of Ether, the wei, is named after him.
2 epic quotes by Wei Dai
“I am fascinated by Tim May's crypto-anarchy, a community in which the threat of violence is impotent because violence is impossible.”
— Wei Dai
“Everyone maintains a database of how much money belongs to each pseudonym.”
— Wei Dai · b-money proposal, 1998
Why Wei Dai is quoted so often
Wei Dai is one of the most cited voices in the digital asset industry. As creator of b-money, 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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