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The original Bitcoin advocacy organization. We raise awareness of the benefits, uses and technology of #Bitcoin and support global #BTC adoption.

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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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Banks require Trust. #Bitcoin doesn’t.
@bensig
Bitcoin Runemaster Nobi
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Silicon Valley Bank is closed (and under liquidation). #bitcoin never closes. Try Bitcoin.
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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Happy Birthday Bitcoin! It’s been 10 historic years since Satoshi created the genesis block. Let’s celebrate by sharing thoughts on the history & future of Bitcoin! #GenesisBlockTurns10 @rogerkver @adam3us @NickSzabo4 @gavinandresen @jgarzik
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Bitcoin Foundation
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#Bitcoin 2021 Year in Review
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Bitcoin Foundation
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21M/♾️
@dotkrueger
Fred Krueger
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World Debt has essentially 10x'd since the 1990s
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
2 years
Adoption of technology in the US. #Bitcoin has a long way to go from here
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Bitcoin Foundation
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⚡️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.
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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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
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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BREAKING: The first #Bitcoin City in the world has just been announced live in El Salvador by President @nayibbukele
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
2 years
If you bought $1 of $BTC 11 years ago you would have $12,500
@MMCrypto
MMCrypto
2 years
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.
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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#Bitcoin $BTC *This is not financial advice
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Bitcoin Foundation
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Bitcoin is…
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Bitcoin Foundation
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What's the best #Bitcoin Wallet for Beginners? Must support iOS and Android.
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
3 years
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.”
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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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 .
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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139 days, 13 hours, 36 min, 30 seconds until the next #bitcoin mining reward halving.
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
7 years
A statement from the Bitcoin Foundation following recent reports that China may shut down cryptocurrency exchanges
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Bitcoin Foundation
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The bounce begins.
@BTC_Archive
Bitcoin Archive
1 year
Are you ready for #Bitcoin to blow your mind? 🤯 h/t: @el_crypto_prof
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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#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
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
2 years
This candidate for U.S. Senate is giving away #Bitcoin as part of his campaign. @BruceFenton 🇺🇸 #NewHampshire
@brucefenton
Bruce Fenton
2 years
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)
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
2 years
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.”
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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#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 .”
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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PSA - caution while driving on orange pill
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Franklin Templeton
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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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.
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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Wen ETF
@DocumentingBTC
Documenting ₿itcoin 📄
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₿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.’
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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#Bitcoin pioneer @BruceFenton announces candidacy for U.S. Senate. 🇺🇸
@brucefenton
Bruce Fenton
2 years
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
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
2 years
Value of 1 #Bitcoin on 4/20/2016 - $420 Value of 1 #Bitcoin on 4/20/2022 - $42,000 We literally can't make this up. #Happy420
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
2 years
Fidelity now has #Bitcoin in 401(k) retirement plans. How much will you invest?
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
3 years
#Bitcoin has 3x higher average trading volume in October than Apple, Microsoft, Amazon.
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Bitcoin Foundation
2 years
🎶 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 🎶
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
2 years
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”.
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Bitcoin Foundation
2 years
The #BitcoinCity model in El Salvador mirrors the economic free zones in other nations, with the core difference of #Bitcoin at the center
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Bitcoin Foundation
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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.
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Bitcoin Foundation
3 years
Starbucks now accepting #Bitcoin ☕️
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Bitcoin Foundation
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@unusual_whales
unusual_whales
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The US government has hit its $31.4 trillion debt limit.
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Bitcoin Foundation
2 years
El Salvador’s #BitcoinCity promises 0% taxes across the board, with an eco-friendly cherry on top 0% CO2 emissions 🍒♻️ #Bitcoin
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Bitcoin Foundation
3 years
#Bitcoin adoption in 2021
@Bitcoin
Bitcoin
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Legal tender in El Salvador 🇸🇻. The native currency for @Twitter . #Bitcoin adoption is growing everyday.
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Bitcoin Foundation
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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.
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
3 years
Happy #BitcoinDay ! In honor of this world changing event, 150 drones lit up the sky in El Salvador, the first country to light the world. 🇸🇻 #Bitcoin
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Bitcoin Foundation
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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.
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
2 years
Happy birthday to our Chairman, @brockpierce 🎂🥳 This has been a momentous year for #Bitcoin , thank you for your continued ambassadorship and tireless efforts.🙏🏼
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Bitcoin Foundation
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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
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Bitcoin Foundation
1 year
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?
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
6 years
Good coverage from our time spent at the New York State hearing into cryptocurrencies and BitLicense
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
2 years
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.
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Bitcoin Foundation
3 years
From #NYC to Miami and now Jackson and Tampa, it’s been a big week for #bitcoin as ambassadorship continues to grow city-by-city. 😎
@brockpierce
Brock Pierce
3 years
"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 ."
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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We're raising funds to educate stakeholders & protect cryptocurrencies from bad regulation globally – Brock Pierce & Board members donate the first $200,000
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
6 years
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.
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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Members of the U.S. Senate: Donʼt criminalize Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies! Sign our petition today!
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
3 years
Happy World Bitcoin Day! Today the #BitcoinLaw is officially enacted in El Salvador as the first country in the world to accept Bitcoin as legal tender. #Bitcoin #BTC #LeyBitcoin #WorldBitcoinDay
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Bitcoin Foundation
2 years
Simple, proven logic. #Bitcoin
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Rizzo
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✨ "As the number of users grows, the value per coin increases." – Satoshi Nakamoto explaining #Bitcoin adoption 13 years ago
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Bitcoin Foundation
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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.
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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Bank accounts & ATMs in Greece are frozen. Bitcoin is not frozen. Not today. Not ever. Control you own money. #Bitcoin
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Bitcoin Foundation
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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. 🇺🇦
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Bitcoin Foundation
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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.
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
1 year
‘Tis the season for giving! What’s a good gift for a Bitcoiner? #BitcoinHodlDay
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
7 years
Good news coming out of India suggesting that the official recognition of Bitcoin as legal, is imminent.
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Bitcoin Foundation
3 years
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
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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#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
@BitcoinMagazine
Bitcoin Magazine
3 years
Bloomberg adds ticker symbol for #Bitcoin futures ETF 👀
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
6 years
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
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Bitcoin Foundation
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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
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
6 years
Our Executive Director, @LlewClaasen , speaks to Sputnik about regulation, prices of cryptocurrencies, Weiss ratings, Venezuela's 'petro' and §1241
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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We have retained counsel to push back against increased federal and state regulatory efforts over virtual currency
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Bitcoin Foundation
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Welcome to the 🎉 @Fidelity
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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“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
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
2 years
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
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Bitcoin Foundation
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Debt ⬆️ Inflation ⬆️ Knowledge ⬆️
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
6 years
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.
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Bitcoin Foundation
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Bitcoin Foundation wants US Department of Justice investigated - The Register
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Bitcoin Foundation
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🎶 🎤🎂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 1/3
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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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.
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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El Salvador’s citizens can each receive $30 of free #Bitcoin from the government
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Bitcoin Foundation
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What are Satoshi Nakamoto’s pronouns? #satoshi #Bitcoin #BTC
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Bitcoin Foundation
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We asked AI to write a post about #bitcoin 👆
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
6 years
A call for cryptocurrency miners to come forward & work with us to understand the impact of the New York ban on cryptocurrency mining
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
6 years
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
@PierreCiric
Pierre Ciric
6 years
Grateful for the opportunity to assist @BTCFoundation & its Exec. Dir. @LlewClassen testify before a 2/23 @NYSenate Public Roundtable “Cryptocurrency: Decoding the Virtual Form of Currency for New Yorkers,” chaired by @SenatorHamilton & @DavidCarlucci .
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Bitcoin Foundation
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The World Economic Forum expects 10% of global gross domestic product (GDP) to be stored on blockchain technology by 2027.
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Bitcoin Foundation
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Impressed with Swiss regulator: Falcon Private Bank receives approval from FINMA to offer bitcoin products
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Bitcoin Foundation
2 years
Following the #BitcoinCity announcement by President @nayibbukele - El Salvador announces #Bitcoin bonds and @Bitfinex to launch a security exchange powered by Blockstream Liquid. Strong finish to #LABITCONF @labitconf
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
1 year
Let the countdown begin. T-15... 14... 13...
@100trillionUSD
PlanB
1 year
#bitcoin halving in t-minus 15
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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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
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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We need your help to redraft §1241 Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing & Counterfeiting Act. Donate now
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Bitcoin Foundation
3 years
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.
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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Six years ago today the 1st bitcoin purchase was completed: 10,000 Bitcoin for 2 pizzas. Current value of those Bitcoin: $4.5 million
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
6 years
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
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@BTCFoundation
Bitcoin Foundation
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"Change is hard. Consensus is harder." @GavinAndresen #DevCore #London #Bitcoin
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