I'd like to have an open discussion about the origins of Bitcoin, who made it, why, and what it means for the future.
Was it a lone actor? NSA? Aliens? What do we know?
October 31, 1996
NSA releases a paper: "How to Make a Mint: The Cryptography of Anonymous Electronic Cash".
September 15, 2008
Lehman Brothers collapses.
October 31, 2018
Satoshi Nakomoto releases the Bitcoin white paper, exactly 12 years after the NSA paper.
21,000,000 maximum supply.
1,000,000 (4.76%) locked away in Satoshi's wallet.
Why 21 million? Why the 1 million?
1,700,000,000,000 US Dollars in circulation as of January 2019 as reported by the Federal Reserve.
Will we reach 2,100,000,000,000? If so, will it mark some grand event?
Bitcoin has proven to be untouchable. Chinese fuck with it? Russia steps in. Russia cuts power to the their miners? South America expands to meet demand. US regulator calls for its containment? Price sky rockets. Trade wars? China uses Bitcoin as a safe haven.
Where are we headed? Is the fabled 10 million Bitcoin possible? How does the 21 Total Supply come into play?