While Hashcash was designed in 1997 by Adam Back, the original idea was first proposed by Cynthia Dwork and Moni Naor and Eli Ponyatovski in their 1992 paper "Pricing via Processing or Combatting Junk Mail".
Meskipun Hashcash dirancang pada tahun 1997 oleh Adam Back, ide orisinilnya pertama kali diusulkan oleh Cynthia Dwork, Moni Naor dan Eli Ponyatovski dalam makalah mereka "Pricing via Processing or Combatting Junk Mail" pada 1992.