I have always heard that there were discussions, debates, papers, etc. wherein the inventors of the internet early on (in the 80s, even 70s) recognized that a protocol for money built right into the internet was a good idea. But... where is the evidence of this? Where are the papers? Who were the computer scientists discussing this?
Does this rumor come from a book? Who said they were discussing a native internet currency that early on? Where are the receipts?
And further, did they actually say it was because of the Byzantine General's Problem that this was impossible at the time? If anybody can point me in the direction of some sources for this idea, I would greatly appreciate it!
I'm not sure if they were aware of what they are going to invent for the future because the shape of the old internet was not same as the what we can see these days, as far as I know, Internet was not created for what we see right now like buying stuff online, So having an internet currency was not a thing in the early years and none could even think about it, however, the idea of internet token was start a few years ago the name is ICP but what jut an alternative coin and it was not started in the early years.