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!

#historicalcomputing #computer #hash #cryptography #crypto

1985 Central Mining Computing Center in Katowice
Magnetic memory stations of the #ICL company. In the background a computer with a monitor.
Archive: National Digital Archive

1.) (Centralny Ośrodek Informatyki Górnictwa)[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralny_O%C5%9Brodek_Informatyki_G%C3%B3rnictwa]
2.) (Katowice / Poland)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katowice]

#VintageComputing #ICL #COIG #MagneticMemory #DataStorage #RetroTech #ComputerHistory #Mainframe #OldComputers #TechArchives #DataCenter #VintageTechnology #ComputerRoom #HistoricalComputing #TechNostalgia #poland #europe

Some interesting new photos of Colossus have just been released.

GCHQ has released never before seen images of Colossus, the UK's secret code breaking computer credited with helping the Allies win World War Two.

The intelligence agency is publishing them to mark the 80th anniversary of the device's invention.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67997406

#retroComputing #historicalComputing #worldWar2 #worldWarII #colossus #bletchleyPark