The Appearance of Bitcoin | Daily infographic

by James · October 4, 2022

The history of the world’s first crypto began in 2008, when its creator, a Japanese named Satoshi Nakamoto, openly published the Bitcoin protocol.

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Founder has $1.1 billion worth of Bitcoins

Satoshi Nakamoto, the founder of bitcoins, is said to have 1 million bitcoins. Today, the value of these bitcoins is 1.1 billion dollars.

The Nobel Prize to Satoshi Nakamoto

In 2015, bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences! Bitcoin is controlled by its users, not by any single entity

The digital currency is not controlled by a bank or a single financial institution, unlike other currencies in this world.

Bitcoin’s rarity can be compared to gold

Bitcoin is often referred to as digital gold. It is the first widespread cryptocurrency that has gold-like financial characteristics, which is also a decentralized analog currency because no one issues it centrally.

100,000 Bitcoin Millionaires

It is difficult to know for sure how many Bitcoin millionaires – or billionaires – there are because wallets are anonymous and the price of Bitcoin fluctuates. There are currently 98,180 addresses with $1 million worth of BTC or more in them.

The richest cryptocurrency user in the world

Bloomberg released a report stating that the richest cryptocurrency and Bitcoin tycoon is Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao – a Chinese billionaire. Known in financial circles as CZ, the crypto file is worth an estimated $96 billion.

Millionaire twins

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss famously filed a lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly stealing the idea for Facebook’s social network from them. In 2013, they bought bitcoins for a total of 11 million dollars. When in 2017 the price of the currency rose sharply, the brothers became the world’s first bitcoin billionaires.

Smart teenager

A few years ago, 14-year-old teenager Erik Finman invested $1,000 in bitcoin, which he gave to his grandmother. Now the guy is 19, and he is among the youngest bitcoin millionaires.

Forget Fortune

Christopher Koch from Norway had bought some bitcoins when the price was $27, in the year 2009. After that he simply forgot about them. But fortunately, he remembered it at a time when the value of his bitcoins rose to 885 thousand dollars.

Celebrities do not stand aside

Actress and lifestyle company founder Gwyneth Paltrow suggests using the Abra wallet. Actor Ashton Kutcher, rapper Nas and boxer Floyd Mayweather transferred part of their wealth to BTC.

Liberland

In April 2015, a micronation between Croatia and Serbia known as Liberland was born. The official currency of Liberland is bitcoin.

Bitcoin ready

Among the world’s most developed countries, Japan is the most bitcoin-ready. There are thousands of shops that accept this digital currency as a form of payment. In addition, there are several bitcoin ATMs.