OpenCoin (OPENCOIN)

“Opencoin defines standards and provides an implementation around the blind-signature system as invented by David Chaum, known as electronic cash / digicash.” - Satoshi Nakamoto

OpenCoin, repsonsible for creating and distributing XRP - Backed , by Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Satoshi Nakamoto?? The original concept predates Bitcoin as a P2P electronic payment system. OpenCoin was then formed as a corporation in 2012 to implement the protocol in the form of $XRP. OpenCoin was then rebranded to Ripple Labs in 2015 and finally Ripple.

One of the main early investment groups is the Musk-tied “Founders Fund” which is financially responsible for the successes of Neuralink, SpaceX and many other Musk enterprises.