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Dominic W - Public Narrative Timeline - Dom's Brain

Dominic W Public Narrative Timeline A compressed timeline of public narrative and topic emergence inferred from the archive. Raw tweet text is preserved in s...

Dominic W Public Narrative Timeline A compressed timeline of public narrative and topic emergence inferred from the archive. Raw tweet text is preserved in source nodes. Reading Notes These pages summarize source backed archive claims from Dominic Williams' public posts. They do not independently verify whether the underlying claims are true. confidence means evidence strength inside this archive, not factual verification. Timeline sections track public narrative and topic emergence, not a complete external history. 2007: early public activity type: timeline confidence: low daterange: 2007 04 30..2007 04 30 Event The earliest recoverable public activity predates DFINITY and the blockchain focused period. Context This section is intentionally sparse because the archive has one 2007 post. What this implies The timeline starts before the later Internet Computer narrative. Representative excerpts 2007 04 30: "At lunch mix07 we built Windows Vista Magazine (online). Anybody wants to discuss community publishing using .NET call me 310 866 3490" 1 Refs: 1 source · archive · original post; matches "mix07"; older contextual evidence Evidence candidates: 1; representative citations: 1. 2009 2013: pre ICP public technology commentary type: timeline confidence: high daterange: 2009 02 26..2013 12 11 Event Pre ICP posts show general technology, software, and internet commentary before the DFINITY era. Context The evidence is topical rather than tied to later protocol claims. What this implies These posts give background context without serving as direct ICP evidence. Representative excerpts 2011 02 08: "A new Cassandra post about system clocks, OOM and escaping a serious OOM situation http://bit.ly/dORAt6" 1 2011 12 13: "Head above parapet. Proposal to change Cassandra distributed deletes system http://bit.ly/tCLZKE" 2 2013 07 25: " bitcoin ponzi scheme. Now bitcoin really coming of age! http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jul/24/bitcoin alleged ponzi fraud" 3 Refs: 1 source · archive · original post; matches "system"; older contextual evidence 2 source · archive · original post; matches "system"; older contextual evidence 3 source · archive · original post; matches "technology"; older contextual evidence Evidence candidates: 10; representative citations: 3. 2014: Bitcoin and fiat commentary type: timeline confidence: high daterange: 2014 01 08..2014 12 08 Event 2014 contains public commentary around Bitcoin, fiat money, exchanges, and related crypto financial ideas. Context Timeline placement is based on tweet dates and explicit terms in the archive. What this implies This is background context for later DeFi and stablecoin posts, not direct evidence of a mature stablecoin thesis. Representative excerpts 2014 01 08: " bitcoin bitstamp expecting BTC to scrape $700 within 4 hours but need liquid options market to play. Great op for someone. Kraken?" 1 2014 02 13: " Bitcoin crash. Usual actors. Gox price collapse/run on fiat http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/1xi73e/howtotradethegoxcrisis/ SR 2 loses all coins http://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/1xtqty/srhasbeenhacked/" 2 2014 10 23: "My alt perspective on Bitcoin sidechains bitcoin sidechains http://blog.pebble.io/post/100702644738/on sidechains bitcoin maximalism and freedom" 3 2014 11 13: "Why crypto based investment services that are algorithmically audited will b better than regulation and fiat bitcoin http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014 11 13/forex investors may face 1 billion loss as trade site vanishes.html" 4 2014 12 08: "Pebble advisor @Ferdinando1970 speaking on price stabilization at Risk Minds International. Great presentation here: https://speakerdeck.com/nando1970/bitcoin and cryptocurrencies elastic money supply" 5 Refs: 1 source · archive · original post; matches "Bitcoin"; older contextual evidence 2 source · archive · original post; matches "fiat"; older contextual evidence 3 source · archive · original post; matches "Bitcoin"; older contextual evidence 4 source · archive · original post; matches "fiat"; older contextual evidence 5 source · archive · original post; matches "Bitcoin"; older contextual evidence Evidence candidates: 211; representative citations: 5. 2015: cryptography and decentralization before DFINITY scale up type: timeline confidence: high daterange: 2015 01 05..2015 11 15 Event 2015 posts include blockchain, cryptography, and decentralization themes before later ICP framing. Context The archive has fewer posts than 2021, so representative evidence is broader. What this implies Some later themes were already visible before the main DFINITY period. Representative excerpts 2015 01 05: "@jebus911 this still smells of scam and manip but look what @Bitstamp deposit page has changed to https://www.bitstamp.net/account/deposit/bitcoin/ bitcoin" 1 2015 01 09: "@Awyee707 @Cpzhao how about "Decentralized Reserve Bank" (DRB) hosting a stable currency layer using bitcoin as digital gold? PaperSoon" 2 2015 01 11: "@MeherRoy ah thanks :) Will send you some more info shortly on Decentralized Reserve Bank system, the "currency layer over Bitcoin"" 3 2015 05 06: "Byzantine consensus for decentralized networks; PDF from recent talks https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9a1K U2gZ2KN3pYSXF6bXF0QTg/view?usp=sharing Dnetwork ByzantineConsensus bitcoin" 4 2015 11 15: "Move to Ethereum 2.0 will be v exciting. Here's hoping for scale out decentralized virtual machine :) https://x.com/ethereumproject/status/663678365434556416" 5 Refs: 1 source · archive · original post; matches "Bitcoin"; older contextual evidence 2 source · archive · reply with direct topical language; matches "decentralized"; older contextual evidence 3 source · archive · reply with direct topical language; matches "decentralized"; older contextual evidence 4 source · archive · original post; matches "decentralized"; older contextual evidence 5 source · archive · original