Create accountLogin

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Not available on radikal.social.
radikal.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
radikal.social was created by a group of activists to offer federated social media for the radical left in and around Denmark.

Administered by:

Server stats:

162
active users

radikal.social: AboutProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.3.7

#historicalcomputing

0 posts0 participants0 posts today
untakenusername<p>Guys I've been thinking about this recently<br>So the telegraph has existed for a while, and became widespread in 1800s. Charles Babbage worked on the first mechanical <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a> in the 1820s</p><p>What would be the earliest point in time in which a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blockchain</span></a> could've been made?</p><p>As I understand it all the system needs is a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>network</span></a> of computers each running a program that checks for transactions</p><p>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</p><p>Any boosts would be greatly appreciated!</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/historicalcomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historicalcomputing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/hash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hash</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cryptography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptography</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a></p>
Peter Mount<p>Some interesting new photos of Colossus have just been released.</p><p>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.</p><p>The intelligence agency is publishing them to mark the 80th anniversary of the device's invention.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67997406" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/technology-6799</span><span class="invisible">7406</span></a></p><p><a href="https://area51.social/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://area51.social/tags/historicalComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historicalComputing</span></a> <a href="https://area51.social/tags/worldWar2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldWar2</span></a> <a href="https://area51.social/tags/worldWarII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldWarII</span></a> <a href="https://area51.social/tags/colossus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colossus</span></a> <a href="https://area51.social/tags/bletchleyPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bletchleyPark</span></a></p>
ExploreLive feeds
About