Bitcoin is the most popular Cryptocurrency, with the largest market cap in the Cryptocurrency market, and Ethereum is the second largest in terms of popularity and market cap as well.
Bitcoin History Part 10: The 184 Billion BTC Bug
There was something unusual about Bitcoin block 74638. It was Core developer Jeff Garzik who first spotted it, commenting on the “quite strange” transaction outputs, which stood at 92233720368.54 BTC
Bitcoin History Part 9: Mt. Gox Is Born
“Hi everyone, I just put up a new bitcoin exchange. Please let me know what you think.” With those innocuous words, one of the most notorious sagas in Bitcoin’s early
Bitcoin History Part 8: When 1,500 BTC Cost Less Than $1
How much is one bitcoin worth? In fiat currency terms, that’s a constantly shifting answer, but ever since the beginning, the following has held true: one bitcoin is worth as
Bitcoin History Part 7: The First Major Hack
Hacks and heists have been a threat for as long as bitcoin has been worth stealing. By 2011, as Bitcoin was easing into its second year of life and its
Bitcoin History Part 6: The First Bitcoin Exchange
Aside from mining, the only way to obtain bitcoin in the very early days was by trading it on forums or IRC. This arrangement relied on the other party fulfilling
Bitcoin History Part 5: A Wild Altcoin Appears
It’s hard to imagine a time before cryptocurrency exchanges were stocked with hundreds of digital assets. A time before the pejorative “shitcoin” had been coined and there was no such
Bitcoin History Part 4: Casascius Creates Physical Bitcoins
Bitcoin was born as a wholly digital currency, and it might have remained that way had it not been for the efforts of an early adopter from Utah. His name
Bitcoin History Part 3: Turning on the Faucet
With no exchanges, P2P marketplaces, or escrow services in Bitcoin’s earliest days, acquiring coins wasn’t easy. You either mined them or begged someone on the Bitcointalk forum to sell to
Bitcoin History Part 2: The Bitcoin Symbol
In the second instalment of our series on key moments from Bitcoin’s history, we look at the circumstances that led to the selection of the distinctive ₿ symbol and corresponding