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by ralusek 1950 days ago
The part of critical importance is ECDSA (or any public/private key DSA), and p2p networks. With that technology alone, you have the basis for a functional decentralized currency.

The blockchain assembly with proof of work, while an interesting and very creative solution, is just one of a multitude of ways you can arrive at a consensus.