colourorange on Nostr: although most people now call it the blockchain, the chain of blocks was originally ...

although most people now call it the blockchain, the chain of blocks was originally referred to as the "timechain" by satoshi in a pre-release version of the bitcoin source code

thread with this and other tidbits from this early version:
https://twitter.com/francispouliot_/status/1106028072799744002

https://tftc.io/issue-441