Bitcoin prehistory
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2 posts ·The genesis block's headline: what the chain itself can prove, and what it can't
Block 0 carries one transaction, and its coinbase input holds a message. You can check this yourself rather than take anyone's word for it. - The block hash is…
1 post ·Bitcoin Didn't Start in 2008
Drawn for this entry from the dates in Dan Held's "Bitcoin Prehistory" timeline. The usual telling of Bitcoin's origin has the shape of a magic trick. Nobody, then a pseudonym,…
Article ·Track One: Satoshi Raps the Whitepaper
A needle traveling a groove "from beginning to end" — the same span, doubled in one exposure. Photo: Franz van Duns, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Every board on…
Article ·Same Price, Same Coin Count
Bitcoin's March 2017 figures from the public blockchain's issuance schedule and exchange prices of the day; Zcash's from CoinMarketCap and TradingView on the evening of September…
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