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    Historic Moments

    Historic Moments

    Key events and milestones that shaped the history of Bitcoin.

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    Thumbnail for The Blocksize War of 2017: How Bitcoin Survived Its Biggest Internal Crisis
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    In 2017, a fierce debate over how to scale Bitcoin threatened to tear the network apart. The outcome proved that no single entity can control the protocol.

    Thumbnail for The Day Mt. Gox Collapsed: A Lesson in Self-Custody
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    In 2014, the world's largest Bitcoin exchange vanished overnight, taking 850,000 Bitcoin with it. The fallout birthed the most important rule in crypto.

    Thumbnail for The Halving Heard Around the World: May 2020
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    Amidst global uncertainty and unprecedented money printing, Bitcoin quietly executed its third halving, proving the resilience of its code.

    Thumbnail for The $700 Million Pizza: How Laszlo Hanyecz Spent 10,000 Bitcoin on Two Pies
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    On May 22, 2010, a programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 Bitcoin for two pizzas — the first real-world Bitcoin transaction ever recorded. Here is the full story.

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