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.
6/ More people, he noted, were running the client and mining #Bitcoin for a chance to earn rewards.

At that time, someone running the software could expect to receive 50 BTC every 3 weeks.
7/ Back then, the article shows the idea that #Bitcoin was a “store of value” or that it had “intrinsic value” (as an alternative to state money) hadn’t yet been embraced.

The accepted thesis was bitcoins had value as it was payment “for services and goods.”
8) Other #Bitcoin descriptions are more familiar. You can tell the author was enamored with the idea Bitcoin could be an unstoppable software for value exchange.

Given the internet censorship, this censorship-resistance made Bitcoin a powerful tool.
9) Was the author fully convinced of #Bitcoin’s success?

No, but he speculated it could be a tool to inhibit government overreach on the internet.
10) Despite the positive review, one Bitcoiner wasn’t a fan. That would be Satoshi Nakamoto, who thought the attention could be catastrophic.

He left the BitcoinTalk forum, never to return, the next day.
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11) But since #Bitcoin is decentralized, the idea stuck. @wikileaks began accepting Bitcoin in June the next year.

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12) How far have we come?

The @Pcworld article, written by @KeirThomsBryant, can be read in full below.

https://t.co/1WFvi5APMm

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Quick Thread on #Altcoins/ #Altseason

Step 1: $BTC has a huge correction. Every range starts with either a pump (or dump) and then follows with a dump (or pump). In this case, #Bitcoin pumped and is now pulling back. This is


Step 2: $BTC ranges big once it finds a bottom. This will allow it to reaccumulate for a big summer run in 2021. This is HEALTHY IMO.


Step 3: Once $BTC finds a bottom and starts to grind up again, I expect $ALTS to do very very well in both alt/usd and alt/btc pairs. ALTSZN is almost always characterized by strong alt/btc pairs moving- I've already accumulated most and have done my final buying today and more.

$BTC.D typically has a very nice time during this time of the year. I was off on December prediction bc I thought $BTC was going to pull back by then but oh well! #Altcoins will start their pumping time VERY soon now.


More information on what #Altseason is and $ALTS market

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