History

Decentralized money was a “very unpopular goal” when concepts were proposed in the ’90s, said Nick Szabo

Bitcoin’s creator may have had a powerful mining trick up his sleeve

Celebrating the wisdom of a diamond-handed Bitcoin Legend

Would you eat a billion dollars worth of pizza?

Software has eaten the world. Now, it’s Bitcoin’s turn

What the history of global reserve currencies says about crypto’s future

Bitcoin hit this little-known milestone days before Pizza Day

In 2014, Microsoft virus scanners were detecting viruses in Bitcoin software

What was a cool $500,000 would now be worth more than $7 million

PGP creator Phil Zimmermann’s connection with Bitcoin is complicated

Bitcoin undergoes a series of supply shocks every four years

Togo activist Farida Nabourema is fighting back with Bitcoin

In 1999, Daniel Bernstein fought for code to be protected, just like free speech

The famed billionaire investor had harsh words for Bitcoin seven years ago

Bitcoin stands on the shoulders of these Cypherpunk giants

Long before Ordinals, bitcoin gambling site SatoshiDice was blamed for spamming the chain

You know about the Bitcoin Standard — what about the Bitcoin Scholarship?

Satoshi Disappear Day celebrates Bitcoin’s success without its creator

Before he became a meme, Christian was just another 25-year-old working at a global macro fund

Bitcoin is still rising, 11 years after the documentary film The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin

The Lightning Network wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for people like Jack Mallers

P2P Foundation founder Michel Bauwens revealed this week that Satoshi wrote him over email in the early days of Bitcoin

The Balkan micronation went from Bitcoin economy to blockchain buzzwords in 10 years

In 2011, bitcoin blew past the one-dollar event horizon and never looked back