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Traditional blockchains like Bitcoin utilize proof of work that is energy-intensive and fundamentally slow, constraining throughput to a handful of transactions per second. Anatoli envisioned a system where a trustless, cryptographically secure global clock could drastically increase transaction capacity. Drawing from wireless communication protocols such as Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), he realized that associating each validator with a specific time slot could eliminate collision issues—akin to scheduling radio transmissions to avoid interference. This led to the innovative concept of Proof of History, where time is cryptographically proved and used as a backbone for consensus, enabling vastly higher throughput.