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Testing the features of this website, including table-of-contents, annotations (hover footnotes), automatic image captioning, coloured text, and math rendering.

Math Rendering

Inline math equation: $\(E = mc^2\)$ and a display equation:

\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} e^{-x^2} dx = \sqrt{\pi}

Superscript works too: H²O and mathematical expressions x² + y² = z².

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Figure: Bitcoin Knight — **Figure 1:** Bitcoin Knight

Images can have captions, automatically numbered, and can be referenced in the text, as per Figure 1.

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The Bitcoin revolution is upon us...

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Historical Context: The Early Days of Digital Currency

Before Bitcoin, there were several attempts at creating digital currencies, many of which faced significant challenges:

DigiCash (1990s)

Created by David Chaum, DigiCash was one of the first attempts at anonymous digital currency. It used cryptographic protocols to ensure privacy, but ultimately failed due to limited adoption and the company's bankruptcy in 1998.

E-gold (1996-2009)

E-gold was backed by gold reserves and became quite popular, processing over $2 billion in transactions at its peak. However, it was shut down by the U.S. government due to money laundering concerns and lack of proper financial controls.

HashCash (1997)

Adam Back's HashCash was a proof-of-work (PoW) system designed to combat email spam. While not a currency itself, it introduced the PoW concept that would later become crucial to Bitcoin's mining mechanism.

Bit Gold (~1998-2000s)

Proposed by Nick Szabo, Bit Gold was never implemented but contained many elements that would later appear in Bitcoin, including proof-of-work and a decentralized approach to currency creation.

These early experiments laid the groundwork for Bitcoin's revolutionary approach to solving the double-spending problem without requiring a trusted central authority.

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