# Before Satoshi URL: /show/this-week-in-bitcoin/115/ > Bitcoin did not emerge from a vacuum. We trace the decades of ideas that made it possible, and revisit the early days when it all came together. - Show: [This Week In Bitcoin](/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/) - Episode: 115 - Date: 2026-07-29 - Hosts: chris - Duration: 00:33:50 - Audio: https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/mWa5b1kSInbVfagfOkAF/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---2280b0c7-32a6-4d54-9890-aed4e3305c74.mp3 Transcripts: [application/x-subrip](https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/mWa5b1kSInbVfagfOkAF/files/AUDIO---TRANSCRIPT---DEFAULT---SRT.srt) ### Episode Links * πŸŽ‰ [Boost from the Web](https://boost.jupiterbroadcasting.com/?show=twib) * πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ [Buy Sats on River](https://partner.river.com/jupiter) \- The best way to stack in the US * πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ [The Bitcoin Well](https://www.bitcoinwell.com/jupiter) \- An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform * πŸ’³ [The Bitcoin Company](https://app.thebitcoincompany.com/signup?ref=JUPITER) \- Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning * 🏦 [Fold Card](https://use.foldapp.com/r/XNHPXTFC) \- Pay bills Stack Sats * πŸ’΅ [SALT Lending](https://borrower.saltlending.com/register?referralCode=GkPQdbqWG) \- Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling * ⚑ [Strike](https://invite.strike.me/0J3RYF) \- Ultra-low fees, high trading limits, and easy loans. **Show Notes** * [David Chaum demonstrates electronic cash at the first World Wide Web Conference (1994)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muinjNP63G4) * [David Chaum and Adam Back reflect on DigiCash, Hashcash, and the crypto wars](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVZxRMAeIdo) * [Adam Back explains Hashcash and its original anti-spam purpose](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxYsRjanphA) * [Nick Szabo discusses cypherpunks, bit gold, and Bitcoin's predecessors](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RZgq0mtD18) * [Adam Back: Hashcash β€” A Denial of Service Counter-Measure](https://www.hashcash.org/papers/hashcash.pdf) * [Wei Dai: b-money](https://nakamotoinstitute.org/library/b-money/) * [Nick Szabo: Bit gold](https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2005/12/bit-gold.html) * [Hal Finney: Reusable Proofs of Work](https://nakamotoinstitute.org/library/rpow/) * Satoshi's correspondence with [Adam Back](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/bitcoin-adam-backs-complete-emails-satoshi-nakamoto) and [Wei Dai](https://gwern.net/doc/bitcoin/2008-nakamoto) * [Satoshi Nakamoto: Bitcoin β€” A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System](https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf) **Plan B** * [BETA | Plan B 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irtuGd6IEV4) * [Just Getting Started | Plan B 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqSz3iK-Oq0) * [Flight of the Butterfly | Plan B 3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17e0GpA8OXc) * [Inside BitVegas | Plan B 4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX_2VGdXv78) * [To Mine or Not to Mine? | Plan B 5](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjderZFw2R8) * [Spending Your Coins | Plan B 6](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzSLVguYgb4) * [Amir Taaki and Bitcoin 2013 Wrap-Up | Plan B 7](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao_HdHyGKDU) * [Then They Fight You | Plan B 8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDqVqhXHeDU) * [Bitcoin Will Disrupt Big Media | Plan B 9](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKfS2v6P-B8) * [90 Days or Bust | Plan B 10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdd8lCIX3FY) * [Be Your Own Bitcoin Exchange | Plan B 11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-etl6aWF7a0) * [Bitcoin vs. the Banks | Plan B 12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2WZFVYW2bw) * [Blame It on Mt. Gox | Plan B 13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJqnmFTBLOc) * [Winklevoss Woes | Plan B 14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIQ56awZTbY) * [Bitcoin Must Comply | Plan B 15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93oiy2ZTAlA) * [Summer of Bitcoin | Plan B 16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAMoxSuKcuY) * [Regulation Dooms Bitcoin? | Plan B 17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpP33O3iE9w) * [The Big-Picture Perspective | Plan B 18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewZSEcRg9Uo) * [U.S. vs. the Bitcoin Revolution | Plan B 19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfLaTR6Tivc) * [Bitcoin Is Legal-ish | Plan B 20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB0cb_855NM)