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The year is 1908
International Horse Drawn Carriage Association:
Says automobiles are NOT a real means of transit.
🚨BREAKING: The bank owned by 63 central banks says stablecoins are NOT real money.
The Bank for International Settlements says stablecoins are not credible for payments at scale, with its chief pushing tokenized bank deposits instead, per Reuters.
He still admits stablecoins could lower US borrowing costs, while warning dollar tokens threaten other countries' control of their own money.
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On this day in history, 16 years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto explained why quantum computing will never break Bitcoin because, “we can transition to a new hash function after a certain block number. Everyone would have to upgrade their software by that block number.”
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On this day in history, 16 years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto was asked if a nation-wide Internet firewall could stop Bitcoin.
Their response was, “Any node with access to both sides would automatically flow the blockchain over...It would only take one node”
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On this day in history, 9 years ago, the Bitcoin symbol (₿) was officially added to Unicode library.
This important moment established bitcoin as a currency symbol alongside the US Dollar ($), Euro (€), and others. Anyone can send a (₿) through text messages and posts.
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Bitcoin is the best money because it gives individuals, companies, and nations the same system properties: open-source, 24/7, global, permissionless settlement with a supply anyone can audit.
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$SPCX - NASDAQ: IPO OF SPACEX TO BE RELEASED FOR QUOTATION AT 9:50AM ET
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These people don't appear on any published rich list.
The shadows and gutters of global finance are filled with anonymous billionaires, heirs, and villains.
And we don't have a clue.
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Everyone talks about the guy who paid 10,000 bitcoin for two pizzas, but no one talks about the guy who received the 10,000 bitcoin.
Meet Jeremy Sturdivant, the man who got paid 10,000 BTC for selling two pizzas on this day in 2010.
“I had no idea how huge it would become” ✨
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Your bank can freeze your account, reverse your transactions, and decide you're too risky to serve.
Bitcoin has never once asked for your permission.
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The people laughing at Bitcoin right now are the same ones who'll be asking how to buy it at the top.
It never changes.
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As of today, the Bitcoin whitepaper has been put on display in the historic New York Stock Exchange lobby.
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Stablecoins are a useful technology, but they’re not permissionless. The issuer can freeze your wallet at any time.
Stablecoins can debank you.
Only Bitcoin can not debank you.
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.@saylor casually stacking in a week what nation-states have in their entire strategic reserve.