[Ads-l] Coinage of "Cryptocurrency" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY RDECOM AMRDEC (USA)]

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cryptocurrency

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia _The Age_ 4 Nov 1990 Money section p 5
"ECU (European Currency Unit): A crypto-currency based on a basket of Eurocurrencies loosely weighted on the relative strength of each EC economy. . . The ECU is not actually a physical currency in that it is not represented by notes or coins."



Block chain
US Patent 4,074,066 filed 4/26/1976
"MESSAGE VERIFICATION AND TRANSMISSION ERROR DETECTION BY BLOCK CHAINING" [title]

US Patent 4,078,152 filed 4/26/1976 
"BLOCK-CIPHER CRYPTOGRAPHIC SYSTEM WITH CHAINING" [title]
[fig 1B has the phrase "block chain", as a process, without the "-ing" ending to chain]


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