Bitcoin, BTC, Bitcoin Investing, Everyday People
On January 3, 2009, Bitcoin began its public trading adventure. It traded for .00099.
At the close of 2023, Bitcoin traded at over $42k.
On December 5, 2024, Bitcoin crossed the $100,000 mark.
In 15 years and (almost) 11 months, the value of a single coin increased to over 10,000,000,000.
Those are insane (but true) numbers, so they are so significant for 2025.
An idea whose time had come
The sub-prime mortgage crisis of 2007–2010 (climaxing in 2008) became the (proverbial) camel that broke the back of the financial world.
Tech-savvy people like Satoshi Nakamoto (whether an individual or group is irrelevant) had enough of corporate greed manipulating the financial world.
The idea of a digital asset has existed since the 1980s, but Nakamoto’s innovative mind(s) brought it to the forefront with Bitcoin whitepaper. The concept made sense, and technology evolved to make it a probable reality.
The Bitcoin whitepaper advocated a store-of-value digital currency capable of online transactions without third-party (financial institutions) intervention.
The idea of a digital asset was followed up by creating a complex algorithm on a blockchain. Solving…
