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Bitcointalk Forum to Enforce Mixing Talk Ban
4.12.2023
Bitcointalk, a historic Bitcoin-focused forum, has announced it will start banning mixer-related topics next year. Forum administrator Theymos argued that while these services were not necessarily illegal, a pattern has emerged where these platforms are consistently being taken down by...
Bitcoin vs. gold: Are market cap and other comparisons actually relevant for investors?
14.8.2023
Bitcoin’s future price surge and mainstream adoption could happen independently of institutional adoption of the digital currency
Decade-Old Wisdom: Unpacking Satoshi Nakamoto’s Definitive Quote on Bitcoin Transaction Challenges, 13 Years On
29.7.2023
Thirteen years ago to the day, the enigmatic creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, pronounced a quote that has since reverberated across various contexts. This prominent aphorism: “If you don’t believe me or don’t get it, I don’t have time to try to convince...
The Many Facts That Indicate Bitcoin’s Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Was More Than One Person
16.7.2023
Ever since the genesis of Bitcoin, the identity of its creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, has remained shrouded in profound intrigue, evolving into one of the most captivating enigmas of all time. While numerous speculators picture a solitary genius behind its inception, it’s plausible that this...
‘Talk2Satoshi’ — Developer Launches Unique AI Chatbot Infused With Bitcoin Knowledge
4.6.2023
In the midst of the buzz surrounding artificial intelligence (AI), a developer has crafted a fresh chat platform that harnesses the power of Openai’s Chatgpt. However, this creation sets itself apart by being trained on a myriad of resources specifically focused on Bitcoin and its enigmatic...
A Look at One of Crypto’s Greatest Mysteries — Bytecoin’s Alleged Premine and the Puzzling Nicolas Van Saberhagen, and Cryptonote Team
26.10.2022
When Bitcoin first launched, the community was extremely small and it slowly grew during the first two years until the project’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, left the community for good. During the early years encompassing the world of cryptocurrencies, a number of anonymous individuals like...
A Look at the First Phone-to-Phone Bitcoin Transfer Using a Nokia N900 Smartphone
23.10.2022
When Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin, the full node client came with a wallet often referred to as Bitcoin-Qt. Nakamoto’s simplified payment verification (SPV) concept was not available until two years later, after the former Bitcoin Core developer Mike Hearn published BitcoinJ in 2011....
Bitcoin Interest-Bearing Accounts Were Conceived Over Ten Years Ago, but the Idea Took 8 Years to Catch On
8.9.2022
While decentralized finance (defi) has created a plethora of protocols that make it so crypto assets can gather a yield, ten and a half years ago a bitcoin exchange called Bitcoinica introduced the first interest accruing system for bitcoin deposits. Despite being the first to test the waters...
The Many Facts That Indicate Bitcoin’s Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Won’t Ever Come Back
27.10.2021
On January 3, 2022, the Bitcoin network will be celebrating its 13th year of life after its creator Satoshi Nakamoto kick-started the protocol. The creator of Bitcoin has always been the community’s most famous and mysterious character. Roughly ten years ago, Satoshi logged off, never...
An In Depth Look at Bitcoin’s First Chain Split: Satoshi Helps Reverse the Creation of 184 Billion BTC
15.8.2021
Since January 3, 2009, the Bitcoin network has been functional for 99.98662952015% of the time. However, the protocol has had a few hiccups along the way and on a few occasions, the chain split into two. Most people are well aware of the Bitcoin Cash split that took place on August 1, 2017, but...
How Many People Mined BTC Alongside Satoshi? 2010 Data Shows Bitcoin’s Creator Wasn’t the Only Mining Whale
10.6.2021
Throughout 2021, a great number of mysterious whale movements from miners who mined bitcoins in the early days have occurred. This week, 1,000 bitcoin from 2010 were transferred, and the miner has spent 11,000 bitcoin since last year. Old school whale movements like these have made some people...
Online Sleuths Believe Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin Stash Is a Blockchain Treasure Hunt Meant to Be Found
7.2.2021
Over the last twelve years, the cryptocurrency community has always been intrigued by Bitcoin’s inventor Satoshi Nakamoto. For over a decade, armchair sleuths and journalists have tried to uncover the creator’s identity and information on the whereabouts of all the bitcoins the enigma...
Ten Years Ago Satoshi Nakamoto Logged Off – The Final Message from Bitcoin’s Inventor
13.12.2020
Ten years ago today, the pseudonymous programmer (or programmers) Satoshi Nakamoto logged into the forum bitcointalk.org one last time, and left the Bitcoin community for good. The day prior Nakamoto wrote a final message to the crypto community by offering a quick build and telling developers that...
New analysis suggests Satoshi Nakamoto was a Londoner
26.11.2020
A new take on an old investigation potentially sheds light on the whereabouts of Satoshi Nakamoto — at least while he was working on Bitcoin
New Research Suggests Satoshi Nakamoto Lived in London Creating Bitcoin
26.11.2020
The hunt for the mysterious Bitcoin inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto continues to this day, as new data-driven research has been recently deployed in order to figure out the creator’s location while he/she or they worked on the network. The researchers analyzed Satoshi’s 539 Bitcointalk...
The $700 Million Wallet Crack: Bitcoin’s 7th Largest Address Is Under Constant Attack
11.9.2020
During the last two years, hackers have been trying to crack the seventh-largest bitcoin wallet, an address that holds 69,370 BTC or $712 million using today’s exchange rate. According to the CTO of the cybercrime intelligence firm, Hudson Rock, the wallet is being publicized on hacking...
Craig Wright Claims Satoshi Nakamoto ‘Never Used Bitcointalk’ to Communicate
27.4.2020
The mysterious Craig Wright, the man who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, was recently ordered to produce 11,000 documents and answers after Judge Beth Bloom overruled the defendant’s recent objections. However, the coronavirus outbreak has given Wright some leeway, as the Florida court system...
Bitcoin Miner Stumbles Upon $8M Stash From 2010, Sells Before Crash
14.3.2020
A lucky former miner appears to have cashed out an old stash of 1,000 Bitcoin just days before Thursday’s brutal crash
Bitcoin History: When DDoS Attacks Made BTC’s Price Drop
7.3.2020
As anyone who has read the Bitcoin History series (or lived through the period in question) will know, the Bitcointalk forum was the crucible of debate in the early days. What’s less known is that – to quote one poster – “DDoSing this forum coincided with dumps on the then...
Bitcoin History Part 24: Celebrating the First Halving in 2012
25.2.2020
As the third Bitcoin halvening approaches, a handful of OGs will wistfully recall the first such event, which occurred in November 2012. Back then, following the completion of block 210,000, the mining reward halved from 50 to 25 BTC. To commemorate the milestone, early adopters threw parties...