As opposed to this your reply, I just came across it now and feel the need to comment about it and make a correction. Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency in existence before others came into existence. See;
Have you heard about eCash? eCash was invested in by David Chaum in 1982; it was a digital currency just like Bitcoin, and according to history, its purpose was a micropayment system. Also from history, David Chaum was the first to introduce the blockchain-like protocol, but Satoshi Nakamoto engineered the decentralised blockchain technology and invested in Bitcoin in 2009. Bitcoin became very successful because Satashi had a better idea and solution to a common problem that humans faced in the monetary aspect.
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