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2. Satoshi Nakamoto - Wikipedia

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   Satoshi Nakamoto message embedded in the coinbase of the first block. Nakamoto said that the work of writing bitcoin's code began in the second quarter of 2007. [9] On 18 August 2008, he or a colleague registered the domain name bitcoin.org, [10] and created a web site at that address.

3. History of bitcoin - Wikipedia

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   After 49 days of accepting the digital currency, Tesla reversed course on 12 May 2021, saying they would no longer take bitcoin due to concerns that "mining" the cryptocurrency was contributing to the consumption of fossil fuels and climate change. [159] The decision resulted in the price of bitcoin dropping around 12% on 13 May. [160]

4. Bitcoin - Wikipedia

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   Bitcoin (abbreviation: BTC; sign: ₿) is the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Based on a free-market ideology, bitcoin was invented in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto, an unknown person. [5] Use of bitcoin as a currency began in 2009, [6] with the release of its open-source implementation. [7]: ch. 1 In 2021, El Salvador adopted it as legal tender ...

5. Cryptocurrency - Wikipedia

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   A cryptocurrency, crypto-currency, or crypto [a] is a digital currency designed to work through a computer network that is not reliant on any central authority, such as a government or bank, to uphold or maintain it.

6. List of cryptocurrencies - Wikipedia

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   Currency Symbol Founder(s) Hash algorithm Programming language of implementation Cryptocurrency blockchain (PoS, PoW, or other) Notes 2014 Coinye: KOI, COYE Scrypt: PoW: Used American hip hop artist Kanye West as its mascot, abandoned after he filed a trademark lawsuit. OneCoin: Ruja Ignatova and Stephen Greenwood A Ponzi scheme promoted as a ...

7. How did cryptocurrency rise in popularity? The history, most ...

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   Bitcoin has spawned an entire industry of crypto exchanges, digital wallets and trading apps – and now it has the attention of US presidents and the world’s biggest financial institutions

8. Brian Armstrong (businessman) - Wikipedia

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   In 2012, Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam co-founded Coinbase, as a way for cryptocurrency enthusiasts to trade bitcoins and other digital currencies. [10] Armstrong was its first CEO. [ 10 ] Coinbase's first wallet iteration was called "Toshi", named after Satoshi Nakamoto, which in turn is also the name of one of Brian Armstrong's cats.

9. Peter Todd (cryptographer) - Wikipedia

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   Peter Todd is a Canadian cryptographer and software developer who was an early contributor to the development of Bitcoin. [1] Todd has been involved in cryptocurrency since the early 2010s and has worked on blockchain and privacy-focused projects.