Hal Finney’s most bullish #Bitcoin quotes: A thread 🔥 #Bitcoin price: $0

WHY PIERRE ROCHARD IS A #BITCOIN LEGEND

Predicted Michael Saylor's $BTC strategy
Only person to ever audit Ethereum

A thread ⚡ 1/ One of #Bitcoin's most prominent economists, Pierre is known for his “Speculative Attack” thesis

Written when $BTC was $600, he predicted "good money would drive out the bad."

He believed investors would borrow fiat and buy Bitcoin, pushing the asset above $1 million 🤯

*Why Plato Is a #Bitcoin Legend*

Mined $BTC when it was under $1
Traveled 3,000 miles and spent it all

| A thread ️‍🔥 1. Plato discovered #Bitcoin in 2010.

He loved that it was a “limited, non-inflatable” money

He wanted spread the word – so he decided to drive from Connecticut to California. He’d spend only $BTC ❗

✨ 16 facts about Satoshi Nakamoto’s #Bitcoin white paper on its 16th Birthday. A thread 🧵 1/ The #Bitcoin white paper is 2,736 words long, shorter than the Magna Carta (3,550 words) and the U.S. Constitution (4,543 words)

It's half the size of the average academic paper, which is typically 4,000 to 10,000 words

*WHY ADAM BACK IS A #BITCOIN LEGEND*

Trafficked illegal code that won the Crypto War
Cited in Satoshi's white paper

A thread 🔥 1/ A PhD student in the U.K., Adam Back was 25 when he started experimenting with cryptography.

He wanted to shift the balance of power

He saw it as a way to undermine oppressive states ✊

*Why Ross Ulbricht Is A #Bitcoin Legend*

Launched the first $BTC market at $0.50
Had 200,000 BTC stolen by the government
Serving a 2x life sentence

| A thread 1/ Ross launched an online market called Silk Road in 2011.

It would become one of the most popular e-commerce platforms on the internet

At its peak, it was responsible for 90% of #Bitcoin transactions ❗

This is Gummo.

He grew up poor, dropped out of school, stole cars, and became a hacker. Now, he’s a BILLIONAIRE.

The Amazing True Story of how #Bitcoin made him one of the wealthiest people in the world 👀 1. Born in Florida, Gummo grew up poor

His mother died. His father went to prison

He bought a TRS-80 Model II and learned to code 👏

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 👀 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 ‼️

*Why Jameson Lopp Is A #Bitcoin Legend*

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

A thread 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 ❗❗

Every time @jack was the perfect champion for #Bitcoin

| A thread 🔥 @jack 1/ #Bitcoin price: $10,800

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

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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 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

Hal Finney’s most bullish #Bitcoin quotes: A thread 🔥 #Bitcoin price: $0

Before #Bitcoin: Why David Chaum Is Legendary

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

A thread. 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… 🤯

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… 2. Born in 1986, Friedcat was a child prodigy.

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

At 15, he was a PhD in computer science 🤯

Why Jack Mallers Is A #Bitcoin Legend

One of the 1st Lightning pioneers
Orange pilled El Salvador
Willing to die on this hill

A thread 🧵 1/ Before Jack was championing #Bitcoin, his dad and mom were true believers.

The Mallers family began buying $BTC when it was under $100

They saw it as a financial revolution 🔥

Why Saifedean Ammous Is A #Bitcoin Legend

Sold over 1 million copies of “The Bitcoin Standard”
Convinced Michael Saylor to buy 200,000 BTC

A thread 1/ Saifedean learned early of the horrors of fiat government

Born in Palestine, his grandparents had their land stolen by Israel

They had to flee abroad with their savings

This is Andrey.

In 2010, he sold stick figures for $3 million in #Bitcoin.

The price was $0.50.

The Untold Story of 'Shazow': the unknown artist who kickstarted the $2.2 trillion crypto economy 🔥 1/ In 2010, Andrey sold drawings for #Bitcoin

It all started when someone on the forums offered to pay for an image of “a stick figure sending bitcoins.”

He made this sketch under the handle 'Shazow' and earned 1 $BTC

Why Andreas Antonopoulos Is A #Bitcoin legend

Evangelized to empty rooms when $BTC was $80
Orange pilled millions with books and videos

A thread. 1/ A security consultant, Andreas discovered #Bitcoin in 2011, but he dismissed it at first as "nerd money."

The next time he fell down the rabbit hole.

He spent 4 months studying 18 hours a day. He lost 26 pounds.

16 quotes that explain why #Bitcoin is going higher than $70,000

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1/17 #Bitcoin is a revolution – @giacomozucco
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14 EPIC quotes from when #Bitcoin was under $30

| Thread 1. "Just as Americans were supposed to have 'a nation of laws and not men,' #Bitcoin is a currency of laws and not men. Bitcoin is at the whim of no person or group."

– Erik Voorhees | September 12, 2011 | $5.40

Why Martti Malmi Is A #Bitcoin legend

Mined over 55,000 $BTC when it was $0
Completed the 1st BTC trade
Righthand man to Satoshi

A Thread 🧵 1. Martti discovered #Bitcoin in May 2009, when the currency was practically worthless.

He started mining and helped Satoshi review his code.

He dedicated his spare time in college at the time