📝 "Buy Bitcoin" sign sold for $1,000,000 On April 25, 2024, the iconic "Buy Bitcoin" sign, which sparked a wave of interest not just in its creator but in #Bitcoin itself, sold at auction on ScarceCity for an incredible 16 BTC. The historic artifact was officially handed over at PubKey bar in Manhattan. What started as a simple notepad sketch in 2017 to troll Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen became a viral #meme, catapulting Christian Langalis—now simply known as "the Buy Bitcoin Guy"—to unexpected fame.

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🎶 First music album sold for Bitcoin On April 25, 2012, the first music album was put up for sale exclusively for #bitcoin before being released on iTunes and other music stores.

Alco - Alco - Music - CoinDL : Download Music, eBooks, and Graphics for Bitcoin

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👨‍⚖️ Bitfinex accused of hiding $850M loss On April 25, 2019, Bitfinex was accused of covering up an $850 million loss using Tether (USDT). 1 BTC = $5,454

Cointelegraph

Bitfinex Allegedly Covers $850 Million Loss With Tether Funds

The New York Attorney General’s office has alleged that Bitfinex lost $850 million and used Tether funds to hide the loss.

On February 23, 2021, Bitfinex and Tether admitted fault and paid an $18.5 million fine:

NY AG’s $850M Probe of Bitfinex, Tether Ends in an $18.5M Settlement

In a closely watched case with wide-ranging implications for the crypto market, Tether has admitted no wrongdoing and will provide reports on USDT�...

🤑 1000 BTC for $3 Screenshot of the Bitcoin Market exchange from April 25, 2010. 1000 BTC = $3

👮‍♂️ Samourai Wallet founders arrested On April 24, 2024, the founders of Samourai Wallet were arrested on charges of money laundering. U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors allege that Samourai Wallet laundered over $100 million in criminal proceeds.

 

📚 The Genesis Files On April 24, 2018, Aaron van Wirdum published "The Genesis Files" series. 🔗:

The Genesis Files

🪦 Bitcoin Obituary On April 24, 2018, Vox published an article titled "Bitcoin is the greatest scam in history." 1 BTC = $8,881

Vox

Bitcoin is the greatest scam in history

It’s a colossal pump-and-dump scheme, the likes of which the world has never seen.

🎙️ Antonopoulos on Joe Rogan On April 23, 2014, Andreas Antonopoulos explained the significance of #Bitcoin on the world's most popular podcast show. 1 BTC = $484 🎥: 🌐:

JRE Podcast

Joe Rogan Experience #490 - Andreas Antonopoulos - JRE Podcast

Andreas Antonopoulos is a bitcoin entrepreneur, he also serves on the advisory boards of several bitcoin startups and serves as the Chief Security ...

🚀 Bitcoin market cap hits $10M On April 23, 2011, the total value of all #bitcoin in circulation hit the $10 million mark. 1 BTC = $1.41

🗣️ Bitcoin is in good hands On April 23, 2011, in an email exchange with Mike Hearn, Satoshi mentioned that he had "moved on to other things." 1 BTC = $1.41 🗃️:

Wayback Machine

Gmail - Holding coins in an unspendable state for a rolling time window

🗣️ Adam Back's Quote On April 21, 2013, Adam Back shared his thoughts on Satoshi’s genius.

amortizable hashcash & zero-trust poolfree

amortizable hashcash & zero-trust poolfree

🌗 Fourth Bitcoin Halving On April 20, 2024, #Bitcoin underwent its fourth halving event, reducing miner subsidies from 6.25 to 3.125 BTC per block.

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🥷 Bitcoin Central Hacked On April 20, 2013, the European exchange Bitcoin Central was hacked, resulting in the loss of "several hundred bitcoins." The platform’s owners covered the losses out of pocket. 1 BTC = $118.48

Hackers hit Bitcoin Central exchange

European exchange Bitcoin Central suspends trading following hack attack.

🐪 The 50,000 Bitcoin Scam On April 20, 2012, a Silk Road vendor scammed users out of 50,000 BTC. A highly rated seller on the Silk Road marketplace convinced numerous buyers to prepay for orders, lured by discounts tied to the annual 4/20 promotions. After collecting 50,000 BTC in payments, the vendor, known as Tony76, vanished—keeping both the money and the drugs. 1 BTC = $5.14

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@pete_rizzo_: ✨ Exactly 11 years ago today, infamous dark market Silk Road held "The Great 4/20 Sale and Giveaway." 50,000 #Bitcoin worth $1.4 BI...

🪦 Bitcoin Obituary On April 19, 2016, Daniel Roberts published an interview on Yahoo Finance with the CEO of the international payments company TransferWise. The executive declared, "Bitcoin is dead." "I think it's safe to say Bitcoin is dead. There’s no traction, nobody is using Bitcoin. The Bitcoin experiment, I think we can call it over.' 1 BTC = $429.05

‘Bitcoin is dead,’ says prominent fintech exec

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🧐 Moore's Law is Formulated On April 19, 1965, Gordon Moore, then head of R&D at Fairchild Semiconductor (and later co-founder of Intel in 1968), published an article in the anniversary issue of "Electronics" magazine titled "Cramming More Components onto Integrated Circuits." One of the key ideas in the paper, later known as "Moore’s Law," stated: "The most cost-effective number of transistors on a chip doubles every year." 🗃️

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🗣️ Adam Back's Quote On April 18, 2013, Adam Back commented on Satoshi’s coins. 1 BTC = $93.07

The Well Deserved Fortune of Satoshi Nakamoto, Visionary and Genious

The Well Deserved Fortune of Satoshi Nakamoto, Visionary and Genious

✅ First MSB License for a Bitcoin Exchange On March 29, 2012, BitInstant became the first Bitcoin exchange to receive a Money Services Business (MSB) license in the U.S. The exchange was founded by Charlie Shrem.

BitInstant is first US bitcoin exchange to be federally licensed | PayGlobe

💩 The Birth of Shitcoins On April 18, 2011, the first #shitcoin, Namecoin, mined its genesis block. Namecoin (NMC) was originally based on Bitcoin and used the Proof-of-Work algorithm, with a supply capped at 21 million coins. 1 BTC = $1.11

[announce] Namecoin - a distributed naming system based on Bitcoin

[announce] Namecoin - a distributed naming system based on Bitcoin

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Namecoin

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