In 1996, Hal Finney (who would of course be the first Bitcoin user after Satoshi) explained on the cypherpunk mailinglist why he believed digital money is like cash.

1) Anonymous
2) Untraceable
3) Bearer instrument

(Not mentioned: low transaction fees.)

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