Wei Dai in 1998 attempted to create what was called the B-Money, a money that could not be taxed or tracked. Nick Szabo attempted to create Bit-Gold which will be difficult to solve (mine) and so will have value; he tried to create a puzzle of solving cryptographic equation which was further refined by the hands of Satoshi Nakamoto in Bitcoins. Voila!
At current inflation levels – levels that are threatening our European prosperity – we need to rapidly transition away from a highly accommodative monetary policy to interest rate levels that will support a timely return to our inflation target of two percent over the medium term.