historicalcomputing

Guys I've been thinking about this recently
So the telegraph has existed for a while, and became widespread in 1800s. Charles Babbage worked on the first mechanical #computers in the 1820s

What would be the earliest point in time in which a #Bitcoin like #Blockchain could've been made?

As I understand it all the system needs is a #network of computers each running a program that checks for transactions

I'm wondering if a different hash function was used it could be a lot simpler to implement into hardware, but if mechanical computing wasn't powerful enough for that the earliest might've been after WWII with the code breaking machines that the Allies invented

Any boosts would be greatly appreciated!

Schnell noch was für den #FotoVorschlag 'Was man nicht besitzen kann' ist dieser Rechner ... Er wurde leider vor Jahren verschrottet obwohl wir Ihn gerne gerettet hätten . Aber manche Dinge sind so kompliziert und die mittel begrenzt das es nicht klappt . Er befand sich in einer Meßwarte des KKW Lubmin.
#PDP11 #historicalcomputing