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* 3400 B.C. Mesopotamian Clay Tablets – The earliest known ledgers were clay tablets used to track grain, livestock, and labor. | * 3400 B.C. Mesopotamian Clay Tablets – The earliest known ledgers were clay tablets used to track grain, livestock, and labor. | ||
* 1300 Double entry bookkeeping was use by Amatino Manucci in Florence to improve accuracy and detect errors of various sources. | * 1300 Double entry bookkeeping was use by Amatino Manucci in Florence to improve accuracy and detect errors of various sources. | ||
| + | * 1890 Herman Hollerith's punched card tabulating machines introduced digital processing to ledgers. | ||
[[Distributed Ledger Technology]] | [[Distributed Ledger Technology]] | ||
Revision as of 16:12, 10 June 2025
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Meme
The need to keep track of goods and services may well have been the original purpose of writing.
History
- 3400 B.C. Mesopotamian Clay Tablets – The earliest known ledgers were clay tablets used to track grain, livestock, and labor.
- 1300 Double entry bookkeeping was use by Amatino Manucci in Florence to improve accuracy and detect errors of various sources.
- 1890 Herman Hollerith's punched card tabulating machines introduced digital processing to ledgers.
