Bitcoin was NOT the first cryptocurrency! A company named DigiCash beat them by nearly 14 years with their product eCash. NetScape, Visa, and Microsoft all wanted to invest millions in it, but it still failed. Today we learn why. This is the tragic tale of eCash.

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1980s Commercials -    • 80's Commercials Vol. 609  
America Online Commercial -    • Early AOL Commercial (1995)  
Old Footage - https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/i...
Old Las Angeles -   • 1950's Drive Through Los Angeles  
Old New York -    • NEW YORK BY NIGHT 1986 -VIDEO FOOTAGE...  
CoinYuppie Article - https://coinyuppie.com/the-godfather-...
Old Footage of Chaum -    • David Chaum & DigiCash: The First Dig...  
Dotcom Bubble Commercials -    • Commercials of the Dot Com Bubble | L...  
More Internet Commercials -    • Video  
Deutsche Bank eCash Image - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
eCash Bank Article - https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/...
First Cryptocurrency Payment -    • David Chaum makes the first electroni...  
Restored Windows 95 Commerical -    • Video  
Image of Chaum -https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Swatch Bens Watch Club -    • Why Swatch Watches Are MEH  
DotCom CitiBank Ad -    • Video  
Another Chaum Interview -   • Interview w/ David Chaum | The Father...  
Bitcoin Keys Example - https://blog.coinsource.net/private-k...
1980s Commercial -    • Embarrassing 80's - Early Home  Compu...  
Berkley in the 1980s -    • 1970s, 1980s UC Berkeley, College Stu...  
Vintage Computer Commercials -    • 80s PC COMMERCIAL COMPILATION  
eCash Memorandum - https://chaum.com/ecash/memorandum/
Spongebob “My leg!” clip -    • "My leg!" Compilation  
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