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Roblox was created by founder and co-founder David Baszucki and Erik Cassel in 2004 and officially launched into its beta version, titled "Dynablocks" in 2004. Soon, "Dynablocks" was renamed to ROBLOX in 2005 and the website was officially launched in 2006.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=32789865|title=Roblox Info on BusinessWeek|publisher=[[BusinessWeek]]|accessdate=20 September 2009}}</ref> It was named after a portmanteau of the words ''robots'' and ''blocks''.<ref name=":3">{{cite news|url=http://blog.roblox.com/2009/09/interview-with-telamon/|title=Interview with Telamon|publisher=Roblox Corporation|accessdate=20 September 2009|date = 14 September 2009|last = Herndon|first = Becky Lee}}</ref>
After a year of development, Dynablocks was renamed ROBLOX and was launched into beta in 2005. In 2005, people could gain the currency at that time, ''Roblox Points'', by completing single-player mini games developed by Roblox admins. As the game was released publicly in 2006, people came to the game slowly, but eventually the game started growing exponentially to its
=== Early history (2006–2009) ===
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