Virtual currency. (2010) ⚡ Threat to the dollar. (2020)

A how-it-started salute thread to the first #Bitcoin news article on its 10th anniversary.

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2/ The first MSM article on #Bitcoin appeared in @pcworld on December 10, 2010.

A few articles before it referenced BTC (in brief or in passing), but this article had a new narrative: Bitcoin for censorship-resistant payments.

3/ @wikileaks had been de-platformed by PayPal and the author was out to explore how #Bitcoin, an upstart digital money might come to its aid.

How about an entire currency based on peer-to-peer technology?

4/ The idea was weeks old – first suggested by @nardoism in November – but it proved polarizing.

@orionwl thought Wikileaks accepting #Bitcoin would be a “great moment.” @jgarzik argued it might encourage governments to attack the network.

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5/ But if Bitcoiners were split on the idea. The author made it clear he thought #Bitcoin might be ready for primetime.

After all, he argued #BTC was then increasingly being used in trade.