Today is 5 years since the launch of Bitcoin
The creator of the system (presumably, a certain Satoshi Nakamoto) has been developing since 2007, launched Bitcoin on January 3, 2009, and completely disappeared from the Internet in April 2011. Recent reports from Satoshi say that he went to other projects, finding that Bitcoin is in "good hands."
In the first generated Block (“Block 0”, also called the Genesis block), Satoshi left a text message “The Times 03 / Jan / 2009 Chancellor for bailout for banks”.
Graph of change in course for Bitcoin throughout its existence:
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Graph of changes in the price of gold over the past 5 years:
Over the 5 years of its existence, the cryptocurrency has evolved from “nothing” into a real financial instrument. There are many services and services around Bitcoin and accepting it as a payment, bitcoin startups receive millions of investments. About 150 clones (forks) of the main cryptocurrency have already been created, and even a service has appeared that will make you your own cryptocurrency for just 0.01 BTC, after filling in a simple form.
There are different opinions about the fate and role of Bitcoin in the life of the world community. Someone thinks that it helps to “blur the boundaries”, compare it with the greatest discoveries that radically change the life of humanity, someone sees it as a trick. In fact, all this will turn into, only time will tell.
In the first generated Block (“Block 0”, also called the Genesis block), Satoshi left a text message “The Times 03 / Jan / 2009 Chancellor for bailout for banks”.
Graph of change in course for Bitcoin throughout its existence:
')
Graph of changes in the price of gold over the past 5 years:
Over the 5 years of its existence, the cryptocurrency has evolved from “nothing” into a real financial instrument. There are many services and services around Bitcoin and accepting it as a payment, bitcoin startups receive millions of investments. About 150 clones (forks) of the main cryptocurrency have already been created, and even a service has appeared that will make you your own cryptocurrency for just 0.01 BTC, after filling in a simple form.
There are different opinions about the fate and role of Bitcoin in the life of the world community. Someone thinks that it helps to “blur the boundaries”, compare it with the greatest discoveries that radically change the life of humanity, someone sees it as a trick. In fact, all this will turn into, only time will tell.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/208072/
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