⚡️Lightning Network’s total capacity in public channels has hit 4,290
#Bitcoin
, an increase of 34.6% and +1,102 BTC after the last all-time high of almost $68,000 in November last year, on-chain data by crypto analysis platform Glassnode indicated today.
Tomorrow, Jan 3, marks 10 years since Satoshi released the Bitcoin code into the wild & created the genesis block. Let’s celebrate & share thoughts on the last 10 years and the future of Bitcoin.
#GenesisBlockTurns10
If you invested $1 into $GOLD 11 years ago you would today have $0.98.
If you bought 1 can of Coca Cola for $1 11 years ago, the can would be now worth $1.80.
Today is the 13th Anniversary of the Bitcoin Whitepaper.
October 31st, 2008 marks the birth of
#Bitcoin
when Satoshi Nakamoto published a paper titled: Bitcoin: “A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.”
The halvening cometh!
~350 days until the daily amount of new
#Bitcoin
produced with each block is cut in 1/2... again.
Follow
@BTCFoundation
for information, memes, and updates about
#bitcoin
.
#Bitcoin
is a decentralized digital currency that enables fast, secure, and direct transactions without intermediaries. As businesses increasingly accept Bitcoin, it is clear that this
#cryptocurrency
is becoming a permanent part of the financial landscape.
#futureofmoney
2.5 million sats
($1000 in
#Bitcoin
) to whoever gets my ideas or website out to the most NH voters most effectively in the next 48 hours.
Decentralized bounty.
Go.
(Respectful, no attacks or spam - please be accurate & use my own words- reply with your proof of work by Tuesday)
UAE-Based Airline Emirates Says It Is Planning to Accept
#Bitcoin
for Payments
Emirates “plans to employ Bitcoin as a payment service while adding
#NFT
collectibles on the company’s websites for trading.”
#weareallsatoshi
Hungarian bitcoin enthusiasts unveiled a statue in Budapest, to honour
#SatoshiNakamoto
.
“...if you go to the statue, look in its face and you are going to see your own face. The reflection is that everyone involved is a kind of
#Satoshi
.”
Now is the time for entrepreneurs to fight premature & unreasonable regulation of cryptocurrency & blockchain startups. We encourage French crypto & blockchain communities to get in touch to support the Foundation’s work in France.
₿𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Former SEC Chairman says
the
#bitcoin
ETFs could be approved.
'We have insitutions that know markets better than anybody, and they are putting their names and reputations behind bitcoin.’
‘I find that remarkable.’
I’m running for United States Senate representing New Hampshire.
Lockdowns, movement passes & reckless economic policies have no place in America.
Our world is changing. We must embrace new solutions & our core Constitutional values of liberty, freedom and peace.
#NHPolitics
🎶 On the 12th year of Bitcoin my blockchain gave to me…
$1 trillion market cap
700M Transactions
715K Blocks
443GB Blockchain size
35M addresses with over $1 in $BTC
3.7M Reddit subs
123K Tweets/day
#bitcoin
60K GitHub stars
18,910,182
#BTC
and a white paper by Satoshi 🎶
Colorado USA will accept
#Bitcoin
payments for state taxes and fees.
According to the Governor, the reasons are “increased user convenience and faster payment speeds”.
Rio de Janeiro’s Mayor to Invest 1% of The City’s Treasury in
#Bitcoin
Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, intends to allocate 1% of the city’s Treasury in
#BTC
and put ‘Crypto Rio’ on the map.
Bitcoin miner beats 1 in 1.3 million odds to mine a BTC block
Block 718,124 secured the 6.25 BTC block reward for a single miner with only 126 TH/s in computing power.
Northwest Arkansas USA is offering $10K in
#Bitcoin
and bike to relocate there.
The ‘Life Works Here’ initiatives have so far generated over 36,000 applications from more than 115 countries and 50 states.
Happy birthday to our Chairman,
@brockpierce
🎂🥳
This has been a momentous year for
#Bitcoin
, thank you for your continued ambassadorship and tireless efforts.🙏🏼
One island and nation state at a time.
$BTC as legal tender and a
#Bitcoin
education center in Honduras' Roatán, built within the vision of the economic hub
@Prosperahn
Early
#Bitcoin
contributor Hal Finney foresaw a future where “Bitcoin Banks” would issue their own currencies backed by BTC. Do you think Bitcoin poised to be the reserve currency for bank settlements? A P2P payment system? Both?
35,000 people are attending
@TheBitcoinConf
in Miami right now — including The Bitcoin Foundation!
This marks the largest
#Bitcoin
event in the world, with hundreds of side events around Miami promoting this movement and transformational technology.
"MAYORS AROUND THE US RACE TO EMBRACE, BE PAID IN BITCOIN
The mayors of Jackson, TN, and Tampa, FL, are the latest to join the cohort of US mayors converting their paychecks into
#bitcoin
."
We're raising funds to educate stakeholders & protect cryptocurrencies from bad regulation globally – Brock Pierce & Board members donate the first $200,000
Athens residents: Our Executive Director
@LlewClaasen
is a keynote speaker at
@DecentralizedEu
on Nov 15, 2018. He'll be speaking on the current state of crypto and the outlook for 2019.
For those who missed
#startupgrind2018
last month, watch our Executive Director,
@LlewClaasen
's talk about what investors should know before investing in Bitcoin.
So far the largest
#Bitcoin
transaction of the year was of 456 $BTC or about $21M USD, on January 3rd 2022, celebrating the 13th anniversary of the genesis block.
A draft law legalizing and regulating cryptocurrency and other virtual assets like tokens in Ukraine has passed the parliament in the second reading on Sept. 8. 🇺🇦
Many
#Bitcoin
miners moved to Kazakhstan following China’s mining ban.
Now the country will introduce a new tax regime for miners, in which taxes are linked to the $BTC price.
Congratulations to El Salvador for being the first country to adopt
#Bitcoin
as legal tender. 🇸🇻
Today, the first country to recognize $BTC as national currency goes online.
#BitcoinDay
#Bitcoin
ETFs are here! 🤯 These are the potential approval dates for the next BTC ETFs to watch out for:
Oct 18th - ProShares
Oct 19th - Invesco
Oct 25th - VanEck
Oct 25th - Calkyrie
Nov 1st - Galaxy
Nov 2nd - Global X
Nov 3rd - AdvisorShares
We strongly oppose Article 8 Companion Act to the Uniform Regulation of Virtual Currency & request that ULC immediately withdraws this material from further consideration. Read our full opposition letter
We're shocked at New York Superintendent Vullo’s statements regarding New York’s virtual currency regulation at this year’s conference of state bank supervisors. Our full statement is available here
“Lost coins only make everyone else’s coins worth slightly more. Think of it as a donation to everyone.”
– Satoshi Nakamoto
It is estimated that there are over 4 Million Bitcoins that are lost forever.
$BTC
#Bitcoin
₿
To ₿ or not to ₿?
Bitcoin (with a capital "B") refers to the system of cryptography and technology that produces the currency bitcoin (with a lowercase "b") and verifies bitcoin transactions.
Bitcoin = the blockchain technology
bitcoin = the currency
Board update: Francis Pouliot stepped down from the Bitcoin Foundation board in June 2018. Thank you
@francispouliot_
for the contribution you've made to the board since joining in January 2017, we wish you all the best.
🎶 🎤🎂Happy birthday,
#Bitcoin
The currency that's free
A decentralized system
For all the world to see
With a finite supply
You're a rarity, it's true
A digital asset
That's changing what we do
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We've responded to the misconstrued issues around links between the use of cryptocurrencies and terrorism financing raised in a letter from Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II. Read Congressman Cleaver's letter and our response.
So fortunate to be able to work with an smart attorney that shares our philosophy & doesn’t just bill the hours. Thanks for your assistance
@PierreCiric
, couldn’t have done it without you.
@LlewClaasen
Our Executive Director
@LlewClaasen
will be speaking at
@BlockShowcom
Europe in Berlin (May 28-29), an event that brings together the global Blockchain community. We look forward to participating
Our chairman
@brockpierce
spoke w/
@nytimes
“No one had any expectation that this would be completely smooth,” Mr. Pierce said, given that there were only 90 days between Bitcoin law’s adoption & Tuesday, a “historic” moment to be remembered years to come.
The support in opposing §1241 has been superb! We recently presented our feedback and proposed changes to §1241, an untenable and premature regulatory burden. Read our official feedback