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Sep 15
He bought #Bitcoin when it was just $0.01

He mined over 1,000 $BTC per day

The true story of ALLINVAIN – who lost $1.4 BILLION in one of the biggest unsolved robberies in history 👀 Image
1/ In 2010, ALLINVAIN started one of the first #Bitcoin exchanges

Bitcoin Express let users buy $BTC with PayPal.

It sold 1,000 BTC for $5. That’s $0.005 per BTC ‼️ Image
2/ But ALLINVAIN was also a dedicated #Bitcoin miner.

Armed with only his laptop, he was generating a 50 BTC block every hour.

That’s 1,200 BTC per day 🤯 Image
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Sep 12
*Why Jameson Lopp Is A #Bitcoin Legend*

HODLing since before the 1st halving at $10
Erased himself from the internet

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1/ A computer science graduate from North Carolina, Jameson discovered the #Bitcoin white paper in 2012

Here he is tweeting about the first halving that year

The price was $12 ❗❗ Image
2/ Jameson rode the price up to a high of $200 in 2013

But he didn’t get discouraged by the 50% drawdown

Here he is explaining why he wasn’t selling ✊ Image
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Sep 3
Every time @jack was the perfect champion for #Bitcoin

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@jack 1/ #Bitcoin price: $10,800

Jack buys $50 million in BTC and starts investing in open source

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@jack 2/ Bitcoin price: $29,700

@jack calls out FTX for not supporting lightning

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Aug 31
He bought 371,000 #Bitcoin – for less than $0.01 each

Then, he was ARRESTED for blackmail

The Unbelievable True Story of Michael Mancil Brown – the man who lost over $23 BILLION in crypto Image
1/ Early #Bitcoin was a land of opportunity

By mining blocks of 50 BTC for free, some were able to amass MASSIVE fortunes

One was Michael Mancil Brown, otherwise known as KnightMB – he was once the 7th richest person in Bitcoin Image
2/ Brown found #Bitcoin in early 2010

When he first got involved, 1 #BTC was less than $0.01

Here he is chatting with Satoshi on the forums Image
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Aug 21
Before #Bitcoin: Why David Chaum Is Legendary

Invented e-cash before the internet existed
Still the most scalable digital money invented

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1/ Born in 1955, Chaum is credited with the invention of several crypto technologies foundational to #Bitcoin.

In fact, he wrote one of the first papers introducing the concept of a blockchain…

All the way back in 1982… 🤯 Image
2/ Chaum’s most famous contribution to #Bitcoin was his paper on Blind Signatures.

It laid the groundwork for all e-cash in the 1990s.

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Aug 18
The Bitcoin miner who vanished without a trace.

A thread 🧵

1. In 2014, Jiang “Friedcat” Xinyu, left his home. The 28-year-old was said to be suicidal, in debt, and owed millions. His mother and wife never saw him again

But that's just the beginning of this unsolved mystery… Image
2. Born in 1986, Friedcat was a child prodigy.

He was admitted to the University of Science and Technology of China at 14.

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3. In 2012, Friedcat founded a #Bitcoin startup

He raised $100,000 to build one of the first ASIC miners by selling shares of his company for 0.1 $BTC

His ASIC would be the most powerful Bitcoin miner EVER created ✊ Image
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