History

Why nobody can ever truly “win” Bitcoin mining

In 2012, a doctor offered fertility treatment discounts for customers paying in BTC

Bitcoin grew too big for these types of hypotheticals

Bitcoin needs a price, but its magic runs deeper

E-gold reached $2 billion annual volume at its 2006 peak

Celebrating Bitcoin’s “zero to 1,000%” moment

The gap between cryptography breakthroughs is shortening

Let’s go whale watching, Bitcoin style: Investigating the mysterious “12ib7” wallet now worth $3.2 billion

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