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Nick Szabo Meaning

Nick Szabo is a computer scientist, legal scholar, and cryptographer who is widely considered one of the intellectual forefathers of Bitcoin. In the late 1990s, long before Bitcoin existed, he designed a theoretical decentralized currency called Bit Gold, which solved many (though not all) of the problems Satoshi Nakamoto later solved with Bitcoin.

Szabo is most famous for coining the term "Smart Contracts" in 1994. He envisioned computer protocols that could automatically execute the terms of a contract (like a vending machine), reducing the need for lawyers and courts.

This concept is the foundation of Ethereum and the entire DeFi industry today. Due to the similarities between Bit Gold and Bitcoin, and the timing of his writing, Szabo is frequently cited as a top candidate for being the real Satoshi Nakamoto.

He has repeatedly denied this. regardless of whether he is Satoshi, his contributions to the philosophy of "Trust Minimization" and digital sovereignty are foundational to the industry.

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