- Prehistory, verbal words were used to synchronize thoughts (desires, ideas) between humans in proximity.
- Written words then synchronized the past and the present with thoughts (History).
- In the 1500s The printing press synchronized writing with humans (mass literacy increase).
- In the 90s The Internet synchronized human thought with action and enabled mass comms.
- In 2009 Bitcoin synchronized information with value.
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- Decentralized non-communicated ideas to multiple parties
- Decentralized the oral tradition
- Decentralized the monastery
- Decentralized libraries
- Decentralized banks
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Bit : Info :: Coin : Create
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In philosophy, systems theory, science, and art, emergence is a phenomenon whereby larger entities arise through interactions among smaller or simpler entities such that the larger entities exhibit properties the smaller/simpler entities do not exhibit.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence
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What if this isn't the first time we've seen "Bitcoin"?
An adaptation of an idea through generations of distributing information/value/time to the most peers as possible