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Nick Szabo

Bit Gold; "smart contracts" coiner; social-scalability framework

Legal scholar and cryptographer who coined smart contracts, proposed Bit Gold, and developed the social scalability framework central to Bitcoin's design rationale.

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Sources by Nick Szabo

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Shelling Out: The Origins of Money
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10 May 2026
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