03-22-2011
Today, 12 years ago, WeUseCoins released the viral "What Is Bitcoin?" video which has now been viewed more than 10 million views.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um63OQz3bjo
#[0] Unconnference is live: https://www.youtube.com/live/2NueacYJovA?feature=share
Find out more: https://nostrica.com/
Protocol rule results in a hard fork
03-11-2013 - 03-12-2013 - A previously undiscovered protocol rule resulted in a hard fork of the 0.8.0 reference client.
https://bitcoin.org/en/alert/2013-03-11-chain-fork
Grab extra 2100 for sharing the years. You are Satoshi.
The correct chronological order is:
1. Ecash by David Chaum — 1982 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DigiCash
2. Hashcash by Adam Back — 03-28-1997 https://cypherpunks.venona.com/date/1997/03/msg00774.html
3. Bit gold by Nick Szabo — 1998 https://web.archive.org/web/20140406003811/http://szabo.best.vwh.net/bitgold.html
4. RPOW by Hal Finney — 2004 https://nakamotoinstitute.org/finney/rpow/index.html
All the correct answers are getting zapped as we speak ⚡
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So it’s Zapturday and with so many zaps flying around I’ve decided to move some sats around LN too. But let’s make it educational:
The first three people to arrange these discoveries in correct chronological order will get zapped 2100 sats:
• Bit gold by Nic Szabo
• Ecash by David Chaum
• RPOW by Hal Finney
• Hashcash by Adam Back
You’ve got 30 minutes.
I’ll come back with the results at 07:30 UTC
I can't help remember the way anyone stumbled upon this brilliant piece, but I can remind everyone interested that we're getting close to 30th anniversary of "A Cypherpunk's Manifesto" being introduced to the world.
Add a reminder to celebrate this historic milestone on 03-09-2023 or simply follow #[2] to never miss the most important Bitcoin & Nostr historical and upcoming events.
https://nakamotoinstitute.org/cypherpunk-manifesto/
Today is the 30th anniversary of "The Cypherpunk's Manifesto" by Eric Hughes @#[0]
Another big one today is Empower: Energyzing Bitcoin
8-9 March, HOUSTON, TEXAS 713 Music Hall
Among 50 speakers are Parker Lewis, Dennis Porter and more…
See details & map here: bitcal.21ideas.org/posts/Empower
Empower: Energyzing Bitcoin kicks off tomorrow.
8-9 March, HOUSTON, TEXAS 713 Music Hall
Among 50 speakers are Parker Lewis, Dennis Porter and more…
You can get a 25% discount on tickets by visiting https://digitalwildcatters.com/empower-2023/
See details & map here: https://bitcal.21ideas.org/posts/Empower/
04-03-2013 Skepticism
Heidi Moore (The Guardian US): "Confused about Bitcoin? It's 'the Harlem Shake of currency'" (at $115.09)
If anyone has, let me know, I'll add them to the upcoming meetups calendar and on the website so more people can join https://bitcal.21ideas.org/about/
Gold Parity Day
03-03-2017 - Bitcoin price reached the price of an ounce of gold for the first time.
100 followers 🎉
Big thanks to each and every one of you!
I'm working on some fun ways to reward the OGs, so stay tuned for some zap ⚡️ quizzes and and other stuff 🛸 transmitted over relays!
Check out the resource presenting the most important Bitcoin & Nostr historical and upcoming events: https://bitcal.21ideas.org/about/
#learn_bitcoin
#[0] website update:
Updated all historical events up to 2019.
https://bitcal.21ideas.org/about/
Work continues.
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The MtGox exchange rate broke the June 8 2011 peak
02-28-2013
The MtGox exchange rate broke the June 8 2011 peak of $31.91. The first all time high since 601 days.
First successful ZKCP on the Bitcoin network
02-26-2016 - First successful Zero-Knowledge Contingent Payment (ZKCP) on the Bitcoin network took place.
https://bitcoincore.org/en/2016/02/26/zero-knowledge-contingent-payments-announcement/
Yep, was checking out https://zaplife.lol/ and stumbled upon the #zapraiser tab. Really cool initiative. Will be huge when more people find out about it!
Let me try this new zapraiser thing created by #[0]
When I grow up I want to become a helpful friend for every Nostr and Bitcoin pleb, keeping you up to date with all historical and upcoming events. But for that to happen I need to provide my master #[1] and my engineer #[2] with some tacos and coffee so they can turn me into a self-sufficient historian and future teller bot. Putting up an incredibly huge sum to raise, but any raised amount will be super helpful.
#zapraiser 1M
My website (still under construction): https://bitcal.21ideas.org/about/
Lightning Pizza Day
02/25 2018 - Laszlo Hanyecz, the man that completed the world’s first documented Bitcoin transaction for a physical item in 2010 -- 10,000 BTC for two pizzas -- has bought two more pizzas using the Lightning Network.
"I wanted to try out a real trade using lightning network. I don't know of any pizza places near me that accept lightning bitcoin yet but a friend from London agreed to do it and he sub contracted out the pizza delivery to a local shop."
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2018-February/001044.html
⚡️ P.S. all zaps collected today will be spent on pizza