The first woman to gain more than a million YouTube subscribers is now going all-in on bitcoin to promote financial freedom to her loyal fanbase. “I kind of view bitcoin as similar to YouTube, which…

Bitcoin Market Cap Surpasses Tesla, Here’s Which Companies…
Bitcoin is unstoppable and over the last year its market cap has doubled and then some. The massive flood of capital has caused the market cap o the scarce cryptocurrency to now surpass many major…

The Many Facts Pointing to Chainlink’s Sergey Nazarov…
During the last few years, smart contracts and blockchain oracles have transformed the crypto industry, and one specific project called Chainlink is the most widely used oracle network to-date. Another interesting thing about Chainlink is…

Current Bitcoin Consolidation Zone Could Act As The…
With only a 30% pullback on the books, it is hard to consider the most recent consolidation phase in Bitcoin much of a correction. But whatever base is currently being built within this range, could…

Running Bitcoin: Passing The Torch From Hal Finney…
Last night, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted the phrase “running Bitcoin,” as both a nod to computer scientist Hal Finney and to reveal to the world he is running a full node. Here’s what this…

Interview: Cryptograffiti On “Bitcoin Vs. The Fed”
Listen To This Episode: I had the opportunity to sit down with legendary Bitcoin activist/artist cryptograffiti this week to discuss his latest project, “Bitcoin Vs. The Fed.” You have probably seen cryptograffiti’s art before. He’s…

1,000 Decade-Old Dormant Bitcoins Moved Today on Bitcoin’s…
12 years ago, Bitcoin’s inventor Satoshi Nakamoto launched the network after revealing the cryptocurrency concept via the white paper a few months prior. At approximately 18:15:05 UTC, the network launched its first block and since…

Crypto Art Of Resistance: Remember, Remember The Legacy…
In the last months we have witnessed an upswing in the non-fungible token (NFT) art scene. More artists, collectors and curators are pushing into this promising market, which features unique and timestamped artistic creations based…

Bitcoin’s Inception: A 340-Page Book Compiles All of…
Bitcoin’s mysterious creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, first appeared on the web when the software programmer (or programmers) published the Bitcoin white paper on Halloween 2008. After the paper published and the crypto network launched, the inventor…

Ten Years Ago Satoshi Nakamoto Logged Off –…
Ten years ago today, the pseudonymous programmer (or programmers) Satoshi Nakamoto logged into the forum bitcointalk.org one last time, and left the Bitcoin community for good. The day prior Nakamoto wrote a final message to…

Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin All-Time High Puts It on…
Blockchain Bites is back – we hope you enjoyed the holiday pause. Now for the news: Another major hedge fund may allocate to bitcoin. Kaspersky sees cybercrime on the rise for 2021. And anonymous developers…

Researcher Publishes Never Before Seen Emails Between Satoshi…
Just recently three previously unpublished emails from Bitcoin’s inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto, have been made public. The emails reveal the correspondence between Satoshi and the early Bitcoin developer Hal Finney. The communications between Nakamoto and Finney…

Previously Unpublished Emails of Satoshi Nakamoto Present a…
Newly discovered emails between Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, and the late Hal Finney deepen the mystery around the cryptocurrency’s origins. The three emails come from Bitcoin’s earliest days, when its future was uncertain. They…

The Many Facts Pointing to John Nash Being…
Six years ago, a number of theories spread across the internet that claimed the famed American economist and mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. was Satoshi Nakamoto. There’s a bunch of circumstantial evidence that has invoked…

10% of Bitcoins supply has been untouched for…
A significant amount of Bitcoin's (BTC) total supply has not moved for more than 10 years, according to data from cryptocurrency analytics data provider Glassnode. During this decade-long interim, 1.8 million Bitcoin (of the current 18.5…

As A Privacy Pioneer, Edward Snowden Left A…
This article originally appeared in our Down The Rabbit Hole newsletter. If you want our news and analysis straight to your inbox, make sure you subscribe now! “Do not go where the path may lead.…

The Genesis Files: How Hal Finney’s Quest For…
Once described by PGP creator Phil Zimmerman as “the Mister Rogers of cryptography,” Hal Finney (1956) was known for his relentlessly uplifting spirit. He carried a positive perspective on life with him even when amyotrophic…

Our Hero Hal: Fundraising For A Bitcoin Visionary
Hal Finney is remembered as one of the early pioneers of Bitcoin, a peer-to-peer electronic cash system, and an advocate for widespread use of cryptography to help enhance people’s privacy. Finney was one of the…

Renowned Cryptographer Says His Patent Was an Obstacle…
Tatsuaki Okamoto explains why his “electronic cash” patent might have presented an obstacle to Hal Finney in his ambition to create his own electronic currency. Six key patents Sometime before Dec. 6, 2004, Hal Finney…

‘Running Drivenet:’ Bitcoin Proponent Discusses the Benefits of…
During the last few days, a number of cryptocurrency supporters have been discussing Paul Sztorc’s Drivechain project, also referred to as “Drivenet.” The Drivechain project has been a work in progress for years now, and…

The Mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto Allegedly Leveraged a Russian…
4,171 days ago in 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto invoked the Bitcoin network after sharing the white paper with people since Halloween 2008. Just recently, it has been discovered that Nakamoto leveraged a Russian proxy to obfuscate…

Twitter Evidence May Prove Hal Finney Is Not…
A tweet from 2010 may provide evidence that Hal Finney is not Satoshi Nakamoto. In a recent Cointelegrpah interview, Laszlo Hanyecz, who worked closely with Satoshi Nakamoto in 2010, said that Satoshi had no familiarity…

Wild Satoshi Theories: The Curious Case of Bitcoin…
On Wednesday, 50 bitcoin mined on February 9, 2009, was moved from the original address to a new address. The movement of coins caused a great commotion throughout the cryptocurrency community, as some individuals assumed…

Who Is Satoshi? Rounding Up The Usual Suspects…
This morning, a 50 BTC transaction with a UXTO from February 2009 was made, sending the Bitcoin community into a storm of speculation. Was it Satoshi who was moving the coins, or someone close to…

Did Satoshi Just Move Craig Wright’s Bitcoins?
On May 20, reports indicated that Satoshi Nakmato may have reactivated himself in order to move 50 Bitcoins (BTC) first mined back in February 2009. Upon further research, it was discovered that these were not…

Did Satoshi Nakamoto Just Move His Coins for…
Some of the earliest mined Bitcoin just moved for the first time in 11 years. A Bitcoin (BTC) address containing coins mined in February 2009 — barely one month after the launch of the Bitcoin…

Did Satoshi Just Move His Coins for The…
A Bitcoin (BTC) address that collected 50 BTC from a mining reward has just shown the first sign of activity since February 2009 — just one month after the creation of Bitcoin. According to data…