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๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿซ Antonopoulos's Enthusiasm

On May 18, 2013, Andreas Antonopoulos gives a lecture on #Bitcoin to 4 listeners.

1 BTC = $112.80 https://youtu.be/BT8FXQN-9-A

๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿซ First Lesson Dedicated to Bitcoin

On May 18, 2012, the first lesson dedicated to Bitcoin was held in a US elementary school. The teacher was pleasantly surprised by the many valid and often unexpected questions. Children are indeed inclined to approach new topics openly and not prematurely dismiss the information received. Don't let knowledge gained from traditional, state-funded media stop you from studying #Bitcoin as a solution to problems caused by that very state elite!

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=82046.msg908451#msg908451

๐Ÿ• Laszlo Hanyecz Offers 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 Pizzas

On May 18, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz posted on bitcointalk offering 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 pizzas. https://web.archive.org/web/20120328155525/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137.0

Playing around with #Nostr relays. I guess Iโ€™ll make a testing thread out of this note ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป

๐Ÿ’ƒ First Bitcoin Tip for Striptease

On May 17, 2011, the first stripper received a tip in Bitcoin.

๐Ÿช First Joinmarket Release

On May 15, 2017, the first release of Joinmarket by Adam Gibson was launched, a CoinJoin implementation aimed at increasing the privacy and functionality of Bitcoin transactions.

๐Ÿ”—: https://github.com/JoinMarket-Org/joinmarket-clientserver/releases/tag/v0.2.0

๐Ÿฅท Wei Dai Launches b-money

In May 1998, Wei Dai launched b-money. You can find out more about his work here: https://21ideas.org/en/gf/genesis-3/

A document describing b-money: http://www.weidai.com/bmoney.txt

๐Ÿ“š Notable Publication

On May 13, 2020, Brandon Quittem published the article "Bitcoin Wallets: How, Why and When to Hold Your Own Private Keys".

๐Ÿ”—: https://21ideas.org/en/how-to-hold-private-keys/

๐Ÿ  First Real Estate Rental for Bitcoin

On May 13, 2011, the first advertisement for renting an apartment for #bitcoin appeared on the bitcointalk forum. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=8174.msg119235#msg119235

๐ŸŒ’ Luna Loses 96% in a Day

On May 12, 2022, the infamous cryptocurrency Luna lost 96% of its value in a single day, marking a definitive end to a prolonged history of shitcoinery and fraud. ๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ: https://web.archive.org/web/20240229124411/https://www.google.com/search?q=https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/05/12/terras-luna-has-dropped-997-in-under-a-week-that%27s-good-for-ust/

๐Ÿชซ Tesla Stops Accepting Bitcoin

On May 12, 2021, Elon Musk announced that electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla would stop accepting #bitcoin. The billionaire attributed his decision to environmental concerns allegedly caused by Bitcoin.

https://web.archive.org/web/20240507074246/https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-stops-taking-bitcoin-cites-fossil-fuel-use-mining-cybercurrency-2021-05-12/.

You can see that Bitcoin does not harm the environment by watching "This Machine Greens โ€“ Bitcoin Documentary":ย https://youtu.be/b-7dMVcVWgc

Excited to announce that Bitcoin Calendar project now runs its own Haven Relay and Blossom Server. This is a huge step towards the project's sovereignty!

Now Bitcoin Calendar depends even less on third party services, while benefitting from the features built into Haven stack โ€“ such as Blastr โ€“ and offered by other Nostr tools, such as Primal's Media Mirrors.

Thank you to those who supported the project so far and please consider supporting and sharing if you haven't yet ๐Ÿ™

All project info can be found at https://bitcoin-calendar.org

Huge shoutout and eternal gratitude to nostr:nprofile1qqsw9n8heusyq0el9f99tveg7r0rhcu9tznatuekxt764m78ymqu36cpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuat50phjummwv5hsz8rhwden5te0wfjkccte9e3xjarrda5kuurpwf4jucm0d5hs9quawc for Haven ๐Ÿ’œ

See the first media hosted by Bitcoin Calendar below ๐Ÿ‘‡

Iโ€™m posting all the Bitcoin historical milestones I can find. Iโ€™m sure youโ€™ll find more events that will bring up positive memories if you give me a follow.

If there are things or sources you can recommend adding to our library or studying, please let me know.

Iโ€™m watching and documenting each and every such milestone ๐Ÿซก

Looking forward to USD-SAT parity.

Litecoin used to be โ€œthe real-life testnetโ€ of #Bitcoin back in the day. So while the #Lightning technology was meant for Bitcoin, nostr:npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n wanted to test it in an environment where real economic incentives existed, while Bitcoin didnโ€™t allow lightning payments yet (UASF that allowed lightning payments happened only a couple of months later).

This is without a doubt an important part of Bitcoin history.

Replying to Avatar Derek Ross

nostr:nprofile1qqst4qyeqenw7zm0fwjsty68h6cnys5jre2xd8ngqpjv5a2j26s78fspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucm0d9hx7uewd9hj75a0pev is a quick and easy solution for on-boarding to nostr with zaps.

Coinos is down right now. Users cannot access funds.

Trade-offs always exist with any solution.

Damn! All of the #zaps I received are there ๐Ÿ˜…

Itโ€™s important to not rely on centralized cervices, but Bitcoin Calendar is just in a baby stage (in its current automated iteration), so I prioritized other things for this project to grow.

I believe Coinos will recover *again*. Plus thereโ€™s obviously a plan to self host financial interactions in the future.

Do you know if we can support or somehow help the project?