#2000s (3)

Nakamoto's nine-page design for electronic cash without a trusted third party — the strongest practical proof that a global system can run with no central owner.

Nakamoto's whitepaper introducing a decentralized digital currency secured by proof-of-work instead of trusted intermediaries.

Berners-Lee, Hendler, and Lassila's vision of a machine-readable web of meaning — the 'Read-Write-Own' turn.