Today marks #Bitcoin’s 5th Independence Day 🧡🕊️

I wasn't around in 2017, so I did some research to understand why Bitcoiners celebrate decentralization and community each year on August 1...
🧵 On August 1, 2017, Bitcoin developers and node operators successfully deployed the User Activated Soft Fork (#USAF) despite opposition from industrial miners / startups — a pivotal moment demonstrating the network’s decentralization + “independence” from centralized control.🔥

Genesis, the first book in the Bible, recounts the creation of heaven and earth:

Genesis 1:3: "Then God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light." 💡

#Bitcoin has its own origin story, and it begins just 12 years ago...

[THREAD👇] 1/ The Genesis Block (also known as Block 0) is the very first block that exists on the Bitcoin network.

Blocks of #Bitcoin transactions are linked together in an immutable chain (THE "blockchain"), so the Genesis Block is considered the "ancestor" of every subsequent block.

Can 🍄MUSHROOMS🍄 help us understand Bitcoin?
Let’s explore some of the surprising parallels between #fungi and the #Bitcoin network:
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In “Bitcoin is the Mycelium of Money,” @BQuittem theorizes that the key characteristics of the Bitcoin network (decentralized, resilient, and adaptable) echo the evolutionary strategies that fungi have used successfully for over 1.3 billion years. 🍄