Hal Finney’s $10 million price point for bitcoin isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds, Adam Back says. | Image: shutterstock.com Bitcoin’s $10 million dollar price prediction hits Twitter. Is bitcoin a reserve currency? Some analysts believe U.S. dollar inflation will push bitcoin higher. According to Blockstream founder and cypherpunk, Adam Back, Hal Finney’s $10 million...Read More
11 years ago today, Satoshi Nakamoto launched the Bitcoin network at approximately 18:15:05 UTC and the world hasn’t been the same since. The Bitcoin blockchain came to life on January 3, 2009, and so far, more than 600,000 blocks have been mined into existence. Nakamoto’s genesis block is special and the hardcoded block has a...Read More
The cypherpunks, a ragtag group of tech tinkerers, cryptographers, and privacy advocates, were obscure in their 1990s heyday. And it would have remained that way in perpetuity were it not for a certain Satoshi Nakamoto launching a digital currency in 2009 encapsulating their core beliefs. We don’t know if Satoshi was a cypherpunk. But what...Read More
Since the inception of Bitcoin, a variety of unique individuals have come forward saying they invented blockchain technology. In 2019, a few more self-proclaimed Satoshis came out of the woodwork, alongside evidence pointing toward other individuals who could have used the moniker. So far, clues examined this year still haven’t revealed a smoking gun and...Read More
Just a week after the bitcoin genesis block in January 2009, computer scientist Hal Finney published a price prediction model of $10,000,000 per coin based on it becoming the world’s dominant payments system. Ten Million Dollars Per Bitcoin The assumption was based on the premise that bitcoin would eventually become the world’s dominant currency. He...Read More
Depending on your belief system, death is either the endgame or the next level. Whatever lies on the other side, your bitcoins are no good there. Just as we entered this world with nothing, we are destined to leave it with nothing. All those years spent stacking sats needn’t be in vain, however. New and...Read More
Shaikho, who is a new “real” Satoshi Nakamoto, says his idea was a “people’s bank with no boundaries, no nationalities, and no discrimination.” When publishing some text online, some media have the habit/rule to write approximately how long the read is – with the reason we should say. Let me tell you this, reading the...Read More
On Friday, a variety of paid press releases were published stemming from a company called Satoshi Nakamoto Renaissance Holdings, a firm that claims a big “reveal” is coming on Sunday, August 18. According to the announcement, Satoshi Nakamoto will divulge his “real-life identity” alongside his “country of origin, education, professional background, and why he has...Read More
