Genesis & Early Days
From Satoshi's whitepaper to the pizza, Mt. Gox and Silk Road — the birth of Bitcoin and its first brush with the wider world.
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- — Eric Hughes & the Cypherpunk Manifesto. Eric Hughes, whose 1993 'A Cypherpunk''s Manifesto' declared: 'Cypherpunks write code.' — the ethos that would produce Bitcoin.
- — The cypherpunks. Before Bitcoin: the cypherpunk movement of the 1990s, who believed cryptography could give individuals privacy and freedom from the state — the intellectual soil Bitcoin grew from.
- — The Bitcoin whitepaper. On 31 October 2008 an unknown Satoshi Nakamoto emailed a nine-page paper — 'Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System' — to a cryptography mailing list. It described a currency with no bank, no government, no trust required.
- — The Genesis Block. On 3 January 2009 Satoshi mined Bitcoin''s first block, embedding a headline in it: 'The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks' — a timestamp and a manifesto in one.
- — How Laszlo Hanyecz Made Bitcoin Go Mobile in 2010. CEX.IO
- — The story behind "Bitcoin Pizza Day". 60 Minutes
- — The Story of Bitcoin Pizza Day. Bitcoin Magazine
- — Watch The first Bitcoin reference in television history back in 2012. World Publicity
- — A physical Bitcoin. A minted coin representing the digital currency.
- — Bloomberg reports on Bitcoin for the first time (2011). BitBeller
- — Bitcoin digital currency - KOLD 13 Nov 10 2011. zuknot
- — 10/19/2011 Bitcoin. islandofawesome
- — A Bitcoin paper wallet. In the early days people printed their private keys onto paper — a 'paper wallet' — to hold bitcoin offline. A currency you could literally fold into your pocket.
- — Cyprus: Financial crisis 'contained,' says president. euronews
- — Cyprus Financial Crisis Worries Global Markets. ABC News
- — Quest: Why the Cyprus bank bailout?. CNN
- — Bitcoin Currency: Has the Bubble Popped?. Bloomberg Originals
- — Bitcoin on BBC News - 1st May 2013 - BTC media coverage. procrypt
- — Economics of Bitcoin Panel - Bitcoin 2013 Conference. Satoshi nakamoto
- — Me reacting to Bitcoin breaking $100 in 2013. Isaac Miller
- — Erik Voorhees - The Role of Bitcoin as Money - Bitcoin 2013 Conference. Satoshi nakamoto
- — Larry DePalma & Mary Ann Francis Bitcoin 2013 Convention San Jose CA. Satoshi nakamoto
- — Butterfly Labs shows their ASIC minner at BItcoin 2013. BitgoTechLTD
- — Butterfly Labs Bitcoin Mining Hardware Production Video - Fall 2013. Butterfly Labs Inc
- — Bitcoin Conference 2013 San Jose. Musical Intermezzo during 2013 Bitcoin conference in San Jose. Two singers with Guy Fawkes masks on.
- — My First Bitcoin Talk on Bitcoin Neutrality From 2013. aantonop
- — Ross Ulbricht. Creator of Silk Road, early Bitcoins first big use and first scandal.
- — Why Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of dark web market Silk Road. CBS News
- — Bitcoin takes a hit after Silk Road bust. A black market website known as the Silk Road was shut down by the FBI after they arrested its creator.
- — FBI shuts down Silk Road website. NewsStand
- — FBI puts stop to 'Silk Road'. WESH 2 News
- — Drug site mastermind arrested by FBI. Channel 4 News
- — How to setup a 60 GH/s Butterfly Labs BFL Single SC ASIC Miner. Eyeboot
- — World's first ATM for bitcoins opens in Canada. euronews
- — Introducing the World's First Bitcoin ATM. Bloomberg Originals
- — Bitcoin ATM opens in Vancouver. BBCNewsLive24hr
- — World's first Bitcoin ATMs start operating in Canada. Arirang News
- — Silk Road website: Online black market resurfaces. CBS Mornings
- — Money, but not as you know it - Bitcoin trades at record highs - economy. euronews
- — NEWSNIGHT: Bitcoin -- the future, or a bubble waiting to burst?. BBC Politics
- — Bitcoins bounce around after Chinese trading crackdown - economy. euronews
- — How to: Mine Bitcoins with Raspberry Pi and Butterfly Labs Jalapeno. skiwithpete
- — The Bitcoin Phenomenon (2014). Bitcoin Documentary Channel
- — Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetup - January 2014. aantonop
- — BBC London News on Bitcoin - BBC One 2014 01 20 18 30 00 +0000. I claim no ownership of this content but feel free to thank me..... 1aDc1eWYydpi8vmfhx3woYKd459Hdqz43
- — Bitcoin's Shrem Charged in Drug Trafficking Case. Bloomberg Originals
- — BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem Arrested at JFK. Peace News Now
- — Bitcoin men face money laundering charges. US prosecutors have announced charges against two men operating Bitcoin exchange businesses for trying to sell $1m in the digital currency to users of the underground website Silk Road, shut down by authorities in September. The US Attorney's office in New York said in a statement that authorities arrested Charlie Shrem, chief executive officer of the exchange BitInstant.com, on Sunday and Robert Faiella, who ran an underground Bitcoin exchange called BTCKing, on Monday.
- — Website of Bitcoin exchange Mt.Gox offline, trader pickets building in Tokyo. AP Archive
- — Bitcoin users to gather in Tokyo amid MtGox woes. AFP News Agency
- — Mt. Gox Bitcoin Exchange Files for Bankruptcy. The Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange in Tokyo filed for bankruptcy protection Friday and its chief executive said 850,000 bitcoins, worth several hundred million dollars, are unaccounted for. (Feb. 28)
- — Bitcoin. AFP News Agency
- — 12 Days of Bitcoin: Mysterious Father of Bitcoin. Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Matt Miller introduces us to Bitcoin's creator, Satoshi Nakamoto on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg Surveillance."
- — The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin (1080p) FULL DOCUMENTARY - Bitcoin, Crypto, Money. Gravitas Documentaries
- — The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin | Official Trailer (2014). moviemaniacsDE
- — Tribeca FF (2014) - The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin Trailer - Documentary HD. Like us on FACEBOOK: Tribeca FF (2014) - The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin Trailer - Documentary HD
- — Bitcoin. Crypto-currency Bitcoin suffered a flash crash this week as the potential risks of fraud and difficulty of trading transactions hangs over the virtual payment system launched in 2009.VIDEOGRAPHIC
- — A major bitcoin exchange based in Japan has gone bust after secretly racking up catastrophic losses,. AP Archive
- — "Disrupting Money" - Charlie Shrem. Bitcoin TV
- — Meet Vitalik Buterin, The 23-Year-Old Founder Of Bitcoin Rival Ethereum | CNBC Make It.. Vitalik Buterin is the founder of Ethereum and has become a celebrity in the cryptocurrency space. In 2014, he was a recipient of billionaire Peter Thiel's prestigious fellowship.
- — Bitcoin kingpin on trial in Japan. euronews
- — Bitcoin Is In A Bubble, And Here’s How It’s Going To Crash | CNBC. CNBC
- — Bitcoin Breaks $6,600 For The First Time Ever | CNBC. CNBC
- — Bitcoin jumps 1000% this year. CNN Business
- — Early adopters embrace technology used by crypto currencies. AP Archive
- — Overstock CEO: bitcoin a 'form of sound money'. CNN Business
- — Blockchain is going to change the world: Overstock CEO. Fox Business
- — Dogecoin Was Created As A Parody, Now It's Worth More Than $1 Billion | CNBC. One of the Dogecoin founders told a cryptocurrency news site that the token's rise makes him worry about market excess.
- — Why the Overstock CEO is a fan of bitcoin. Fox Business
- — Bitcoin Prices Slammed As Google Bans Crypto Ads | CNBC. CNBC
- — Overstock.com's CEO Wants To Undermine Wall Street With The Tech Behind Bitcoin (HBO). VICE News
- — When Bitcoin Hit $100: CNBC's 2013 Coverage. Less than two years after it had been trading under $1, Bitcoin surged to more than $100 in the spring of 2013. CNBC's panel discussed the risks and benefits of the cryptocurrency, its comparisons to gold, and whether or not the run up was a bubble.
- — Jack Dorsey spends $10K a week on bitcoin, predicts a 'massive' bitcoin boom. CNBC Television
- — Meet the man who spent millions worth of bitcoin on pizza. 60 Minutes
- — Bitcoin soars past $13,000 to hit 17-month high. CNBC Television
- — Bitcoin Pizza: History of the first pizza paid with Bitcoin equaling $100 million | Action News Jax. Action News Jax (CBS47 & FOX30)
- — The Dark Side Of The Silk Road. Barely Sociable
- — Bitcoin Tops $17,000 for First Time in Almost Three Years. Bloomberg News
- — Another bitcoin bubble? Backers hope this time it's different. Reuters
- — Bitcoin value soars past $40,000 AUD for the first time in history. Sky News Australia
- — Bitcoin sees another record high as the boom continues. CNBC Television
- — EARLY BITCOIN HODL'er FROM 2013: "MAJOR DIPS COMING AGAIN. IT DOESN’T MATTER." DID BITCOIN FAMILY. Digital Asset News
- — Overstock CEO on its latest earnings report, bitcoin and more. CNBC Television
- — Rise of Dogecoin. FOX 5 New York
- — China tightens ban on cryptocurrencies. Reuters
- — Crypto Collapse: Bitcoin's Wild Ride Continues. Bloomberg Television
- — Bitcoin continues plunge after China puts handbrake on cryptocurrencies | ABC News. Bitcoin's price has dropped along with other cryptocurrencies after comments from the Chinese Banking Association, effectively banning financial institutions from providing services using digital currencies.
- — Ethereum's 27-year-old founder says we're in a crypto bubble. Did it just burst?. Vitalik Buterin is the 27-year-old co-founder of the world's second largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum. He talks bubbles, Elon Musk, and "screwing the big guy" with CNN Business' Matt Egan.
- — Iconic Dogecoin Dog Meme To Be Auctioned Off As NFT. NBC News
- — Why bitcoin briefly crashed under $30,000 after China's crypto crackdown: CNBC After Hours. CNBC Television
- — Dogecoin's wild rise in 2021: Yahoo Finance recaps the cryptocurrency's performance this past year. Yahoo Finance
- — Dogecoin soars after Elon Musk tweet. ABC News
- — One Mistake Took Down a 29-Yr-Old Dark Web Drug Lord. Newsthink
- — Hal Finney - The Only Person Who Knows Bitcoin's Founder.. Harold Thomas Finney II was a software developer from the United States. He was the lead developer on several console games in his early career. Finney went on to work for PGP Corporation. He was also an early bitcoin contributor, receiving the first bitcoin transaction from Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of bitcoin.
- — Deep Web: The Untold Story of Bitcoin and the Silk Road. LufSec Cyber Security
- — The Secret Story Behind Bitcoin’s First Transaction!. Digi Golden Rush
- — Hal Finney: The First to Run Bitcoin #crypcurrencey #crypto #blockchain. Crypto Gyanpatt
- — The Legendary Bitcoin Transaction That Made Pizza History. Profit Vision
- — Hal Finney: The First Person to Receive a Bitcoin Transaction. Block by Block
- — The $700 Million Pizza Mistake | How 2 Pizzas Made Bitcoin History. Cognita
