I was speaking about byteball at a meetup tonight and i was told that it is inspired by iota. I can see iota is referenced in the whitepaper. So i am assuming the statement was correct. What makes it different. Im sorry if this has been asked before. perhaps you can point me in the right direction to learn more.
The concept was around before both these projects:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1177633.0If i'm not missing something, the difference is basically in the witnesses and distribution mechanism.