BITCOIN

What Bitcoin Is — Straight to the Point

Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer electronic cash system designed to operate without trust.

Its core purpose is simple:

• fixed supply
• decentralized validation
• permissionless value transfer

Bitcoin exists to solve one problem: money that cannot be inflated, censored, or controlled.

The Core Problem — Infinite Money vs Finite Resources

Traditional money is created by central banks. It has:

• infinite supply
• political control
• hidden inflation

Bitcoin introduced the opposite:

• a hard cap of 21 million
• predictable issuance
• no authority capable of printing more

This transforms money from debt into property.

Byzantine Generals Problem — Solved

Before Bitcoin, decentralized money failed because of the Byzantine Generals Problem: How do independent actors agree without trusting each other?

Bitcoin solved this with:

• Proof of Work
• economic incentives
• cryptographic verification

Consensus is not based on trust. It is based on math, energy, and game theory.

Satoshi Nakamoto — The Disappearance That Mattered

Bitcoin was introduced in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto, a pseudonymous creator whose true identity remains unknown.

There was:

• no premine
• no founder allocation
• no central leadership

This anonymity is not a weakness. It is a feature.

It ensures:

• no authority figure
• no single point of failure
• no one to pressure, arrest, or influence

Bitcoin belongs to no one. And therefore, to everyone.

Original website:
https://bitcoin.org

Bitcoin Whitepaper

“Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”
Published: October 31, 2008

Whitepaper:
https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

The Bitcoin Community — Culture, Conviction, and Maximalism

Bitcoin is more than software. It is a culture.

The Bitcoin community is known for:

• extreme conviction
• long-term thinking
• resistance to narratives and hype

Bitcoin Maximalists believe:

• Bitcoin is the only truly decentralized money
• everything else is either experimental or compromised
• security and decentralization matter more than speed or features

To outsiders, it looks like a cult. To insiders, it is discipline.

Common beliefs:

• hold your own keys
• do not trust, verify
• ignore short-term noise
• think in decades, not cycles

Bitcoiners do not chase trends. They wait.

What Bitcoin Is — And Is Not

There is no CEO. There is no marketing team. There is no reset button.

Bitcoin Timeline — Key Events

• 2008 — Bitcoin whitepaper released by Satoshi Nakamoto
• 2009 — Genesis Block mined and network launched
• 2010 — First real-world purchase (10,000 BTC for pizza)
• 2012 — First halving (50 → 25 BTC)
• 2013 — Bitcoin gains global media attention
• 2016 — Second halving (25 → 12.5 BTC)
• 2017 — Bitcoin enters mainstream awareness and futures markets
• 2020 — Third halving (12.5 → 6.25 BTC). Institutional accumulation begins
• 2021 — Bitcoin gains stock market exposure. ETFs and corporate treasury adoption. Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador
• 2024 — Fourth halving (6.25 → 3.125 BTC)
• 2025 — Bitcoin fully integrated into global financial markets. Traded alongside stocks, ETFs, and sovereign instruments

Final Wake-Up Call

From 0.01 to 100k
From an experiment to the stock market

Wake up.

Bitcoin is going to infinite.