Thank you, Satoshi Nakamoto.
Thank you, Hal Finney.
Thank you, Adam Back.
Thank you, Laszlo.
Thank you, Ross Ulbricht.
Thank you, Cypherpunks.
Thank you, hodlers.
Thank you, miners.
Thank you, developers.
Thank you, node runners.
Thank you all.
Thank you to everyone who made
You, a Wall St trader: spent years in school learning minutia of finance, 10 years of 100 hour work weeks, never see family, super excited about your 10% returns this year
Me, a Bitcoiner: read some books, shitposted on Twitter, ate some steaks, enjoying 900% returns this year
On August 15, 1971, President Nixon suspended the convertibility of the US dollar into gold, subjecting the American citizenry to an unprecedented and disastrous economic experiment.
On October 31, 2008, the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto appeared on the Cryptography mailing list to share his vision for “#Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.”
The world would never be the same again.
"Shitcoin" is not profanity. It is a highly technical term in monetary economics.
I sincerely thank @WarrenDavidson for introducing such an important concept to the rest of the members of the US Congress.