so basically there was a dutch tech bro in the late 90s who claimed he had developed a compression technique that could turn a movie into just a couple of kilobytes and right when he was going to sign with some investors he mysteriously passed away leaving no documents explaining his invention.
Remember that Sloot thing from late 90s?
No, what was it?
found it - here’s a detailed account https://corecursive.com/sloot-digital-coding-system/
so basically there was a dutch tech bro in the late 90s who claimed he had developed a compression technique that could turn a movie into just a couple of kilobytes and right when he was going to sign with some investors he mysteriously passed away leaving no documents explaining his invention.
Start of the rabbithole